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A friend tells you they’ve received a strange email from your address, but there’s no sign of suspicious emails in your sent mail folder. Your caller ID shows a number you recognize, but there’s a strange voice on the other [https://youtu.be/6aLjwVVNq4s end of the line]. Both of these are examples of spoofing, or communications under a faked name.<br>The different meanings of spoofing<br>Along with email phishing, post service spoofing is form of fraud that has become increasingly widespread in recent years. In online communications, hackers use spoofing to gain access to networks, devices, or personal data. Generally speaking, spoofing means a person falsifying data so that they appear to be someone else. Today we'll focus on email spoofing, but spoofing is a broad term that can encompass many different sorts of scams, including:<br>Call spoofing<br>As in our first example, caller ID spoofing is when you receive a call from a phone number that seems trustworthy – often it’s the same number as the [[police]] or another government agency. The scammers’ goal is to try to get their victims to wire them money or reveal personal data for the purpose of accessing bank accounts or even identity theft.

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==Fantastic Spoofs and Where to Find Them==
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