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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 ===== |
- | From this sample, we can see that the mail was actually sent from user1@domain.com, not Eric Tan. Although the mail content looks legitimate, with professional-looking email signature, we should always be careful and double check on the sender email address | + | 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 |
For more information on how to identify a spam mail, please refer to this article: [[faq: | For more information on how to identify a spam mail, please refer to this article: [[faq: |