Receiving someone else's scam mail?

Got the FBI scammers email item with attachment, responded as well as bounced it and got the non delivery message etc but soon later get a couple more different odd emails with the same? attachment. Then notice that all of them weren't even addressed to me. What gives?
PB 12 G4 Mac OS X (10.2.x)

This is very typical behavior of a Windows-type e-mail worm/virus/trojan/etc.
Malicious users will do just about anything to try to get you to open an attachment (which often contains malware), so they'll make the e-mail look like it came from the FBI, a friend of yours, your boss, etc...
Another common tactic is the "Delivery Failure" message, which makes it look like a message you sent (but didn't really send) couldn't reach its destination, so you receive a Delivery Failre report. The Delivery Failure message often contains a malware attachment as well.
These types of messages are common because its pretty smple to spoof your e-mail address and just about anyone can send out e-mail and make it look like it came from you.
Just ignore the messages, and don't ever respond to them, or open attachments. Even though it is VERY UNLIKELY that any attachment could harm your Mac, it is still best to just delete the junk mail, and move on.

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