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====== How to prevent email being spoofed? ====== | ====== How to prevent email being spoofed? ====== | ||
- | 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, coworkers or managers - but they are actually sent from cybercriminals, who would trick you into transferring money to them, downloading an attachment with malware that could infect to your entire network, | + | 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, coworkers or managers, or even yourself |
While there is no fool-proof way to prevent abuse to your email address, here are several practices that you can adopt when it comes to securing your email address: | While there is no fool-proof way to prevent abuse to your email address, here are several practices that you can adopt when it comes to securing your email address: | ||
- | * Change your password frequently; use strong password that is difficult to guess. | + | |
- | * Always run full virus scans on your computer | + | |
- | * Avoid including your email address in online blogs or posts. Try using (at) and (dot)com instead of @ and .com to prevent malicious | + | * Run full virus scans on your computer |
- | * Avoid using your primary email account for everything online. If you are signing up for something like a mailing list, contest, application form, or something similar, use a free throwaway | + | * Avoid including your email address in online blogs or posts. Try using (at) and (dot)com instead of @ and .com to prevent malicious |
- | * Only use your primary email to communicate with people you know or trust. | + | * Avoid using your primary email account for everything online. If you are signing up for something like a mailing list, contest, application form, etc, use a free email account |
+ | * Only use your primary email to communicate with people you know or trust or to deal with important messages. | ||
Reference: [[https:// | Reference: [[https:// |