I been getting a lot of weird messages sent to my gmial is this happening to anyone else?

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froggyboy604
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I been getting a lot of weird messages sent to my gmial is this happening to anyone else?

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Sample letter
Topic:fyMlsJGbnmpSXcVj

Message:love birthday cards new year birthday new year e cards new year ecards free greeting cards love love greetings cards dirty greeting card love e card new year 123 funny birthday ecards love ecard free e cards love funny ecard new year funny new year flowers virtual greeting cards love birthday card love card new year fun greeting love funny greeting cards love greeting card new year wedding funny birthday cards new year ecard animated love love greetings new year e card new year greeting cards new year egreetings new year postcards new year greetings cards birthday love free birthday ecards new year cards new year humor greeting cards art new year greetings new year greeting card christmas love free birthday e card free birthday ecard new year postcard free e card free ecard free animated ecards free cards new year animated free greeting card love funny
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what are the to & from addresses

there are a couple things this can be caused by,
I never really understood Thursdays.
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From: @gmail.com

To: myemail@gmail.com
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wouldn't this be called spam e-mail?
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Yes but, I find it wind of weird that there are usually zero links and ads in these spam messages.
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this could be via a contact system inplace somewhere out there, as my filters haven't caught anything from that e-mail or similar.

you could check the e-mail headers for more info on where the source is,
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I got a feeling it is coming from the Contact me form on my website
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