I received an email which appears to have come from my own address. The "From" address is my own email address. I definitely did not send this email. How did it get sent from my email address?
 

Anyone, Anywhere in the world can input any email address as their sending address in their email client. Therefore anyone can send an email with any sending address.

Generally this is how Spam and Virus mails are generated from bogus accounts.

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