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-Email spoofing is when someone sends an email pretending to be someone they are not. Such email appears to be originated from a trusted sender - such as customers, coworkers or managers, or even yourself - but they are actually sent from cyber-criminals, who would trick you into transferring money to them, downloading an attachment with malware that could infect to your entire network, proving them your personal information for fraudulent purposes, and more.+Email spoofing is when someone sends an email pretending to be someone they are not. Such email appears to be originated from a trusted sender - such as customers, coworkers or managers, or even yourself - but they are actually sent from cyber-criminals, who would trick you into transferring money to them, downloading an attachment with malware that could infect to your entire network, providing them your personal information for fraudulent purposes, and more.
  
 While there is no fool-proof way to prevent abuse to your email address, here are several practices that you can adopt when it comes to securing your email address: While there is no fool-proof way to prevent abuse to your email address, here are several practices that you can adopt when it comes to securing your email address:
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