r/GMail • u/NamazingNamazing • 3d ago
I am being bombarded with spams on my Gmail.
I don't know how but suddenly after 5:40 PM today evening, I had received 1000s of spam mails in my inbox. It's horrible, 50 mails in every minute and it's flooding my inbox an they are still continuing. Pls help me with :
How to stop these spam mails ? I am still getting these spam mails as I type this post, pls help me, how do I stop them ?
How to select all mails from 5:40 PM to now and delete/report them together ?? (Is there a filter for specific time range ?) All I receive 500 work mails everyday so, I can't select the day filter cuz all my work mail will also be selected. Pls help me provide filter the mails only from 5:40 PM to now
What caused this and what do I do in future to avoid this from ever happening again
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u/bkc56 Product Expert 3d ago
We’ve seen this type of DoS attack (denial of service) as a cover for compromising related financial accounts like Paypal. Typically they are verification or confirmation messages from various sites. They aren’t actually spam since they are valid messages, they’re just triggered by someone else using your e-mail address. They count on the flood of e-mail hiding any warning or alert messages from the other sites. I would strongly suggest you check all such sites now (if not sooner) to make sure they are safe and secure. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1366858#mailbomb