Scam email using forum member's address

[Martin Prior]

I've been the alleged "sender" of similar mails on four occasions over three or four years. There are a couple of interesting points:

1. The emails have used my name and very close approximations to my address. but not my EXACT address. For this reason, I'm pretty certain that it isn't a "hack" of my account.

2. On every occasion, the spam messages have gone to just the same four recipients, all members of this forum. This makes me wonder whether the problem is at this end, rather than mine.