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  2. Email spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Email spoofing is the creation of email messages with a forged sender address. [1] The term applies to email purporting to be from an address which is not actually the sender's; mail sent in reply to that address may bounce or be delivered to an unrelated party whose identity has been faked.

  3. Are You Being 'Spoofed'? This Specific Type Of Scam Is Hard ...

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    URL Spoofing . Sometimes, the email or text may be worded correctly, but the attachment or hyperlink you are being asked to click is the suspicious sign. Many times, scammers will create look ...

  4. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

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    A compromised (hacked) account means someone else accessed your account by obtaining your password. Spoofed email occurs when the "From" field of a message is altered to show your address, which doesn't necessarily mean someone else accessed your account. You can identify whether your account is hacked or spoofed with the help of your Sent folder.

  5. Avoid spoofing emails and spam in the AOL app

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    Recognize a spoof alert Email spoofing is the forgery of an email header, which means the message appears to be coming from somewhere other than the actual source. Use the Report button to notify AOL about spoofed email addresses, or choose It's safe to continue.

  6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

  7. Sender Rewriting Scheme - Wikipedia

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    The same information in an RFC 5321 e-mail envelope - that is the SMTP info like MAIL FROM - would be: MAIL FROM:<not-for-mail@other.example> MAIL FROM:<@news.server.example:not-for-mail@other.example> The 1st step reflects the sender, the 2nd step the next MTA, etc.

  8. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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    Email fraud (or email scam) is intentional deception for either personal gain or to damage another individual using email as the vehicle. Almost as soon as email became widely used, it began to be used as a means to de fraud people, just as telephony and paper mail were used by previous generations.

  9. Greylisting (email) - Wikipedia

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    Greylisting is a method of defending e-mail users against spam. A mail transfer agent (MTA) using greylisting will "temporarily reject" any email from a sender it does not recognize. If the mail is legitimate, the originating server will try again after a delay, and if sufficient time has elapsed, the email will be accepted.