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I've started getting random emails to all my email addresses.

Each one is from a different sender.

The title of these messages is always something like "test mesage 362712Y"  (but a different number in each message)

It contains a sentence or 2 or rather random text that makes no sense.

There are no attachments.

What is someone trying to achieve here? Assuming it's an attempt to spread a virus or other malware how can it achieve that?

 
 
From Nicky's link

I'm quite concerned though that this is just as the test to validate address before something nastier as there is an incredible volume yet no apparent payload.
that seems a reasonable assumption.

 

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