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What is email spoofing?

Forging the sender address to make an email look like it came from someone else.

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  1. Forging the sender address to make an email look like it came from someone else ✔
  2. Sending an email to many people at once
  3. Encrypting an email before sending it

Why: Email spoofing falsifies the From address so the message appears to come from a trusted source.

Huh, didn't know that: Email spoofing falsifies the From address so the message appears to come from a trusted source.

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Spoofing is like wearing a disguise, but for email addresses.
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Answer: Forging the sender address to make an email look like it came from someone else. Email spoofing falsifies the From address so the message appears to come from a trusted source.

  1. Computer security en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security
    Email spoofing is where an attacker forges the sending (From, or source) address of an email.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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