What is email spoofing?
Email spoofing refers to email that appears to have been originated from one source when it was actually sent from another source. Individuals, who are sending “junk” email or “SPAM”, typically want the email to appear to be from an email address that may not exist, and will randomly choose live domains on the Internet to use as a from: email address on mail servers that have not taken steps to disallow this. This way the email cannot be traced back to the originator. [Back to top] • I got tons of bounces for email I didn’t send! You’ve likely been spoofed. Sending emails to DrakNet support asking us to deal with the fact that you have been spoofed will not stop spoofing – the definition of spoofing is when someone on another server sends out an email claiming to be you or on your domain – the only way we at DrakNet have the ability to deal with email problems is if the email problems happen on our server, are coming into our server, or going out through our server. When one of our dom
Email spoofing may occur in different forms, but all have a similar result: a user receives email that appears to have originated from one source when it actually was sent from another source. Email spoofing is usually an attempt to trick a user into making a damaging statement or releasing sensitive information (such as passwords).
Email spoofing is when an email message appears to have originated from one source when it actually was sent from another source. Email spoofing is often an attempt to trick you into making a damaging statement or releasing sensitive information (such as passwords). Examples of some email spoofs include emails: claiming to be from a system administrator requesting you to change your passwords to a specified string and threatening to suspend their account if you do not comply claiming to be from a person of authority requesting you to send them a copy of a password file or other sensitive information requesting you to verify account information sometimes including credit card numbers. Note that while you may occasionally be requested to change your password, you should not tell anyone what you changed it to. If you suspect that you may have received a spoofed email from someone with malicious intent, you should contact your system administrator immediately.
Email spoofing is the practice of changing your name in email so that it looks like the email came from somewhere or someone else. Spoofing is generally used by spammers as a first defense against people finding out who they are. It’s also used by general malcontents to practice mischievous and malicious behavior.
