e-mail Spoofing is when a spoofer falsifies the information about whom an e-mail is from. Most spam (unsolicited e-mail) uses e-mail spoofing with the primary intent to trick the recipient into viewing the e-mail. A good example is the thousands of e-mail claiming to be from eBay that are really spam.
The spammer usually does not spoof to hide their location. In fact the spammer will go to much greater lengths to hide their actual location using a variety of techniques- so that they can not be found.
To learn more please visit our Detecting a Spoof page in the E-MAIL SPOOFING section
YouSpoof.info does not endorse spoofing, spamming, phishing, pretexting or any illegal activities. The information contained on YouSpoof.info is purely for informational purposes and not to be used for any illegal activity.
Please do not SPOOF for illegal purposes and take serious note of the following:
Legally the Junk Fax Law covers Text to Text messages and fines can top out at $500.00 per spoofed message.
The CAN-SPAM act covers Internet (web and e-mail based) to Text messages and fines can top out at $50,000.00 per spoofed message.
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