Do you still have the email - can you have a look at the headers to see
whence it cometh?
It's often just 'spoofed' rather than 'hacked' - see:
http://lifehacker.com/5875848/how-can-i-find-out-why-my-email-account-just-spammed-my-friends-and-family
Jez
On 5 November 2015 at 12:30, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks like Bill’s AOL account has been hacked. I started to believe it,
> although the "tears in my eyes" sounded a discordant note.
>
> I’ve reported it to AOL’s abuse line via SpamCop.
>
> Chris
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: "Bill Barber”
> snip
> >
> > Good Morning ,
> > I'm writing this with tears in my eyes, my family and i came down here
> to Marseille on a short vacation,unfortunately we were mugged at the park
> of the hotel where we stayed all cash,credit card and mobile phone were
> stolen off us but luckily we still have our passports with us.
> snip
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