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<div align=justify>There are different forms of email spoofing, but all have a similar result: a user receives email that is claimed to be sent from one source but actually being sent from a different source. Email spoofing is often an attempt to trick the user into making a damaging statement or releasing some sensitive information (e.g. passwords or credit card number). Nowadays there are several ways how to spoof emails but we'll outline the basic one.

An example of spoofed email that could affect your site security may
be an email claiming to be from a person in authority requesting users
to send them a copy of a social security number, or other personal
information.

Here are some ways to prevent email spoofing:

* using some good antivirus software, which is updated on the regular basis.

* setting up SPF Record. 
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records allow domain owners to specify the hosts  permitted to send email on behalf
of their domains. Normal SMTP allows any computer on the net to send
an email claiming to be from anyone. This is quite often used by spammers to send emails with forged ''From:'' addresses. SPF record makes it difficult to forge ''From:'' addresses and, therefore, send spoofed emails

For example, if you own the domain ''example.com'', you can specify the
authorized hosts to send email originating from ''user@example.com''.
Setting up a record will ensure that messages sent from users in your
domain are not rejected by the recipient's domain.

Also some additional tips to prevent getting spoofed email:

* Look at the ''"From"'' address on the email you receive. Anything to the
right of the ''"@"'' symbol should be the name of the legitimate company.

* Look at the URL address that appears in your browser address bar
after you click the link in the spoofed email . Make sure it is the
same address as the legitimate address for that company's website.

'''Note:''' there are a few articles on the net providing the information on how to spoof. Look for them as well. They will help you to take additional steps to prevent spoofing.</div>
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