What is email Spoofing?
Email spoofing is when the sender of an email, typically a spammer, forges (spoofs) the “From” address in the email header. The email appears to be from a legitimate email address rather than the spammer’s address. The tactic can increase the spam messages' seeming authenticity. You’re more likely to open an email that purports to come from a person or a company you know than an email that comes from a total stranger.
How to prevent email spoofing
While there is no foolproof way to prevent email spoofing, we recommend you adopt some email security best practices:
1) Change your password frequently.
2) Run full virus scans on your computer at least once a week.
3) Avoid including your email address in online blogs and posts. Try using [at] and [dot]com instead of @ and .com to prevent malicious crawlers from harvesting your address.
4) Avoid using your primary email account for everything online. If you are signing up for something like a mailing list, contest, application form, or something similar, use a free throwaway email account like Hotmail, something you don’t mind deleting if it gets abused.
5) Only use your primary email to communicate with people you know or trust.
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