E-mail Spoofing
E-mail spoofing is a term used to describe fraudulent email activity in which the sender address and other parts of the email header are altered to appear as though the email originated from a different source.
E-mail spoofing is a technique commonly used for spam e-mail and phishing to hide the origin of an e-mail message.Email spoofing refers to email that appears to have been originated from one source when it was actually sent from another source. Individuals, who are sending "junk" email or "SPAM", typically want the email to appear to be from an email address that may not exist. This way the email cannot be traced back to the originator.
There are many possible reasons why people send out emails spoofing the return address: sometimes it is simply to cause confusion, but more often it is to discredit the person whose email address has been spoofed: using their name to send a vile or insulting message.
Sometimes email spoofing is used for what is known as "social engineering", which aims to trick the recipient into revealing passwords or other information.
HDRC provides IP Tracing Services : So by tracing the IP we can reach to that computer which is used to act the criminal activities like Email Spoofing, SMS Spoofing, etc.
Peter Smith
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