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- A type of Internet fraud whereby the “header” of an email message is falsified to appear to come from a different sender’s address. This type of criminal activity is commonly used to deliver SPAM email, or for the purposes of fraud. Parliament House, Victoria
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- Email spoofing may occur in different forms, but all have a similar result: a user receives email that appears to have originated from one source when it actually was sent from another source. Email spoofing is often an attempt to trick the user into making a damaging statement or releasing sensitive information (such as passwords). - Carnegie Mellon University
by - You might receive an email that asks for detailed information on a secret company project which appears to come from your boss, but instead comes from your company's competitor. Many well-known companies are daily victims of email spoofing, either accidently with a virus, or deliberately. - DAWN Ontario
by - A lot of modern worms use email spoofing when they send themselves from an infected computer. This spoofing tactic has led to a great deal of finger pointing and confusion among Internet users. - Brett M.Christensen
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- podszywanie się pod nadawcę wiadomości e-mail
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- Podszywanie się [pod nadawcę wiadomości e-mail] to fałszerstwo adresu w polu „from” wiadomości e-mail poprzez podanie fałszywego adresu nadawcy. Google Checkout - Pomoc - by Marcin Krzaczkowski (X)
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- e-post med förfalskad avsändare
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- Falsk avsändare på e-post, i synnerhet spam, för att lura mottagaren och göra det svårare att spåra avsändaren. Används också i lösenordsfiske för att locka folk till en falsk webbsida. Computer Swedens Språkwebb - by Pål Toler
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- Vi rekommenderar förutom bluffwebbplats i stället omskrivningar på svenska, som e-post med förfalskad avsändare, skicka förfalskad e-post etc. - Svenska datatermgruppen
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