fakemail
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- (Internet) Email whose sender or other information has been faked.
- 2001, Chris Prosise, Kevin Mandia, Incident Response: Investigating Computer Crime, page 451:
- The most common misuses of e-mail are fakemail and spam. Fakemail is the act of sending an e-mail that appears to be from another individual.
- 2011, Dave Kleiman, The Official CHFI Study Guide (Exam 312-49):
- Fakemail is any e-mail that has been falsely created or altered in some manner. It is often used as a method to hide the source address in spamming.