Stop spams "sent from" my own email address

Hello guys,
I really need you help with stoping spams sent from my own email address. First, I thought my account had been hacked, then I quickly realized it was just a modified header after a little research online. But still, it doesn't mean there is nothing to worry about. I use mountain lion for home and icloud as my primary email account (which was spamed). I sniffed around apple mail settings for 20 mins- specially under "junk mail" and "rules"- but I couldn't find a way to stop these crazy spams without listing my own email account as junk. I don't want to list mylist on junk list, because it will make me such a loser... Somebody please help me to configure my apple mail so it will seperate spams from the emails I send to myself. Is it even possible, or do I need to use alternatives? Please help. Thank you in advance.

Thank you, Barney. I uploaded a screenshot. I don't know how to show names in the header. The name spammed by the junk mail is "katie", while my own name is "XX song". But the address is same for the different sender names. How is it possible? Is there a way to filter them by sender names, but not the email address?

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Please help me to stopping incoming Email from fake Name & Email Address.What do you mean by a "fake Name"? Which email header field are you referring to, please provide examples and why you think they are "fake"?
What do you mean by a "fake Email Address"? Please provide examples of "fake" email addresses and point out how you know they are fake.
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