The thing is I've used Gmail for nearly 10 years (give or take) - and I've never once had a spoofed email reach my inbox. Ever.
Something must have changed, most likely in the past 24 hours (give or take) to allow this to suddenly occur? Or someone's worked out a way passed the gmail spam filters or something.
I’ve used Gmail for longer and I’ve seen it a lot over the years. What’s most likely changed is the volume at which the spammers are doing it, so you finally started seeing some come your way.
Something must have changed, most likely in the past 24 hours (give or take) to allow this to suddenly occur? Or someone's worked out a way passed the gmail spam filters or something.
Either way - this is clearly "new".