I’ve never responded to any emails asking for my password— but in recent days Ive repeatedly received spam emails from my own email address! I delete them immediately, but how does this happen?
These emails result from a very easy spammer technique called “spoofing” which is used by all spammers. The specific item of information that is being spoofed (forged, falsified) is the “From” address. All spam has a forged “From” address, and in many cases it’s a real address. It’s the equivalent of writing someone else’s return address on an envelope, and as easy. Just as there is no central authority that prevents you from writing whatever you like on envelopes you send through the U. S. Postal Service, there is no mechanism that prevents the use of someone else’s “From” address in email.
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