What can you do if someone is using your Hotmail account to send junk email?

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The most likely explanation for unknown emails containing you as the sender is due to programs capable of using fake Sender addresses.

However if you do suspect that someone has access to your email account, for whatever reason, then the first precautionary step to take is to change your password.
Your new password should contain as many different letters & numbers as possible in a random sequence, to ensure that no one else is able to guess it.

Once you have changed your password then it is wise to contact the Hotmail Technical Support Team with your concerns and if possible provide them with a copy of the junk mail suspected to have been sent from your email address, along with it's header information.
This will allow the support team to determine if the email did in-fact come from their E-Mail service, or was generated using various programs capable of adding fake Sender email addresses.

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