Iphone hacked by scam emails?

A few days ago while I was looking for a job I sent an email (from my mail app in my iphone 4S) to someone who was seeking a babysitter. I received a reply from the person from another email address asking my a bunch of questions (which didn't look right to me since i've done this before) so I checked to see the senders name and email and searched it online and it happens that it was a scam job post, well since then every now and then when i open my mail app the screen  (sort of like a contact window which on top says sender and Linda Walker with an email ) pops open and closes in like a second, I can't do anything because it changes/closes screen alone so fast and it only happens when i click on the mail app to open it. I created a new email account and deleted the other one and it still happens. Why??? Is it possible my phone is hacked? How can i know? I haven't done anything to my iphone like jailbreak or however its called or charged my iphone in any public place or my wifi is disconnected, also my phone is software is updated. Please help!!! Im afraid to even check my bank account in my iphone because of that.
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No, it is not possible your phone is hacked from an email.
It's most likely a mal-formed email that causes Mail to crash.
Log in to your email account on a computer via webmail, delete the offending email(s) and it should clear the problem.
There was no point in creating a new email account.

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