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====== What is Email Spoofing? ====== | ====== What is Email Spoofing? ====== | ||
Email spoofing is when someone sends an email pretending to be someone they are not. Such email appears to be originated from a trusted sender - such as customers, vendors, coworkers or managers, or even yourself - but they are actually sent from cyber-criminals, | Email spoofing is when someone sends an email pretending to be someone they are not. Such email appears to be originated from a trusted sender - such as customers, vendors, coworkers or managers, or even yourself - but they are actually sent from cyber-criminals, | ||
- | The following is an example of a spoof mail. | + | Here are some of the examples of spoof mail: |
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+ | ===== Example 1 ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Example 2 ===== | ||
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+ | In this example, the sender is sending an email using your actual domain or an actual email address from your domain, though it was sent from a different server/IP. Such spoof mails are usually blocked by the server by default. However, if your SPF record includes the third-party server/IP, these emails may still be delivered. We recommend reviewing your SPF record and only allowing legitimate third-party servers to send emails on behalf of your domain. | ||
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+ | ===== Identifying Spam ===== | ||
- | {{:faq:email: | + | To protect the safety of our email account, we need to stay vigilant and equip ourselves with the knowledge of identifying scam and spam mails. When we receive emails from vendors or suppliers who inform about change of payment details, or emails from regular contacts that contain suspicious attachments, |
- | From this sample, we can see that the mail was actually sent from a spammer user1@domain.com, | + | For more information on how to identify a spam mail, please refer to this article: [[faq: |