I sent paypal a spoof email
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1Prince2Princesses
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I've sent them spoof before and gotten several replies, but not 30! Maybe their automatic spoof replier is stuck! 
I get fake PayPal and eBay emails every single day. Very frustrating.
I get fake PayPal and eBay emails every single day. Very frustrating.
CathrynRose
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I have to send this out all the time:
Email "Spamming" and Email "Spoofing"
Two terms to be familiar with in these days of increased communication via electronic mail: email "spamming" and email "spoofing".
Email "spamming" refers to sending email to thousands and thousands of users - similar to a chain letter. Spamming is often done deliberately to use network resources. Email spamming may be combined with email spoofing, so that it is very difficult to determine the actual originating email address of the sender. Some email systems, including our Microsoft Exchange, have the ability to block incoming mail from a specific address. However, because these individuals change their email address frequently, it is difficult to prevent some spam from reaching your email inbox.
Email spoofing refers to email that appears to have been originated from one source when it was actually sent from another source. Individuals, who are sending "junk" email or "SPAM", typically want the email to appear to be from an email address that may not exist. This way the email cannot be traced back to the originator.
Malicious Spoofing
There are many possible reasons why people send out emails spoofing the return address: sometimes it is simply to cause confusion, but more often it is to discredit the person whose email address has been spoofed: using their name to send a vile or insulting message.
Sometimes email spoofing is used for what is known as "social engineering", which aims to trick the recipient into revealing passwords or other information. For example, you get an email from what appears to be the LSE's email administrator, or from your ISP, asking you to go to a Web page and enter your password, or change it to one of their choosing. Alternatively, you might receive an email asking for detailed information about a project. The From field suggests that the message comes from the LSE, but instead it is from a competitor.
Dealing with a Spoofed Email
There is really no way to prevent receiving a spoofed email. If you get a message that is outrageously insulting, asks for something highly confidential, or just plain doesn't make any sense, then you may want to find out if it is really from the person it says it's from. You can look at the Internet Headers information to see where the email actually originated.
Remember that although your email address may have been spoofed this does not mean that the spoofer has gained access to your mailbox.
Displaying Internet Headers Information
An email collects information from each of the computers it passes through on the way to the recipient, and this is stored in the email's Internet Headers.
1. With the Outlook Inbox displayed, right-click on the message and click on the Options command to display the Message Options dialog box.
Internet Headers are best read from the bottom up, as they are added to as the email passes through the system.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the information in the Internet Headers box, then scroll slowly upwards to read the information about the emails origin. The most important information follows the Return-path: and the Reply-to: fields. If these are different, the email is not who it says its from.
Click here for a full explanation of the mail header.
Virus spoofing
Email-distributed viruses that use spoofing, such the Klez or Sobig virus, take a random name from somewhere on the infected persons hard disk and mail themselves out as if they were from that randomly chosen address. Recipients of these viruses are therefore misled as to the address from which they were sent, and may end up complaining to, or alerting the wrong person. As a result, users of uninfected computers may be wrongly informed that they have, and have been distributing a virus.
If you receive an alert that youre sending infected emails, first run a virus scan using McAfee (see McAfee VirusScan: Avoid Viruses for further information). If you are uninfected, then you may want to reply to the infection alert with this information:
Your virus may have appeared to have been sent by me, but I have scanned my system and I am not infected. A number of email-distributed viruses fake, or spoof, the From' address using a random address taken from the Outlook contacts list or from Web files stored on the hard drive.
But keep in mind that a virus alert message is quite often auto generated and sent via an anti-virus server and so replying to the original email may not elicit a response.
Alternatively, if you receive an email-distributed virus, look at the Internet Headers information to see where the email actually originated from, before firing off a complaint or virus alert to the person you assume sent it.
Email "Spamming" and Email "Spoofing"
Two terms to be familiar with in these days of increased communication via electronic mail: email "spamming" and email "spoofing".
Email "spamming" refers to sending email to thousands and thousands of users - similar to a chain letter. Spamming is often done deliberately to use network resources. Email spamming may be combined with email spoofing, so that it is very difficult to determine the actual originating email address of the sender. Some email systems, including our Microsoft Exchange, have the ability to block incoming mail from a specific address. However, because these individuals change their email address frequently, it is difficult to prevent some spam from reaching your email inbox.
Email spoofing refers to email that appears to have been originated from one source when it was actually sent from another source. Individuals, who are sending "junk" email or "SPAM", typically want the email to appear to be from an email address that may not exist. This way the email cannot be traced back to the originator.
Malicious Spoofing
There are many possible reasons why people send out emails spoofing the return address: sometimes it is simply to cause confusion, but more often it is to discredit the person whose email address has been spoofed: using their name to send a vile or insulting message.
Sometimes email spoofing is used for what is known as "social engineering", which aims to trick the recipient into revealing passwords or other information. For example, you get an email from what appears to be the LSE's email administrator, or from your ISP, asking you to go to a Web page and enter your password, or change it to one of their choosing. Alternatively, you might receive an email asking for detailed information about a project. The From field suggests that the message comes from the LSE, but instead it is from a competitor.
Dealing with a Spoofed Email
There is really no way to prevent receiving a spoofed email. If you get a message that is outrageously insulting, asks for something highly confidential, or just plain doesn't make any sense, then you may want to find out if it is really from the person it says it's from. You can look at the Internet Headers information to see where the email actually originated.
Remember that although your email address may have been spoofed this does not mean that the spoofer has gained access to your mailbox.
Displaying Internet Headers Information
An email collects information from each of the computers it passes through on the way to the recipient, and this is stored in the email's Internet Headers.
1. With the Outlook Inbox displayed, right-click on the message and click on the Options command to display the Message Options dialog box.
Internet Headers are best read from the bottom up, as they are added to as the email passes through the system.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the information in the Internet Headers box, then scroll slowly upwards to read the information about the emails origin. The most important information follows the Return-path: and the Reply-to: fields. If these are different, the email is not who it says its from.
Click here for a full explanation of the mail header.
Virus spoofing
Email-distributed viruses that use spoofing, such the Klez or Sobig virus, take a random name from somewhere on the infected persons hard disk and mail themselves out as if they were from that randomly chosen address. Recipients of these viruses are therefore misled as to the address from which they were sent, and may end up complaining to, or alerting the wrong person. As a result, users of uninfected computers may be wrongly informed that they have, and have been distributing a virus.
If you receive an alert that youre sending infected emails, first run a virus scan using McAfee (see McAfee VirusScan: Avoid Viruses for further information). If you are uninfected, then you may want to reply to the infection alert with this information:
Your virus may have appeared to have been sent by me, but I have scanned my system and I am not infected. A number of email-distributed viruses fake, or spoof, the From' address using a random address taken from the Outlook contacts list or from Web files stored on the hard drive.
But keep in mind that a virus alert message is quite often auto generated and sent via an anti-virus server and so replying to the original email may not elicit a response.
Alternatively, if you receive an email-distributed virus, look at the Internet Headers information to see where the email actually originated from, before firing off a complaint or virus alert to the person you assume sent it.
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I've sent them spoof before and gotten several replies, but not 30! Maybe their automatic spoof replier is stuck!
I get fake PayPal and eBay emails every single day. Very frustrating.
lately it has been fifth third bank asking for details
and the paypal ones are pretty clever withthe "you have sent a payment to..." if you did not send it then click here and enter all your info.
Mikeeee
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Oh I hate that! When I first started getting them, I blocked them. Then I realized it was also blocking legitimate emails from eBay and PayPal. So I have to just sort through (the eBay toolbar is wonderful for detecting fake ones). But what I want to know is how are these emails getting sent from a real eBay or PayPal email address? It's obvious to look at them that they are fake, and the links take you to fake websites, but just try to block them. You won't get the messages you really want to be getting, either.
mrsv98
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I got one a couple of weeks ago and decided to have some fun. For an email I typed, notachance@yahoo.com First name: inyer Last name: Dreams and so on and so on. I am easily amused! 
alliecats
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I got one a couple of weeks ago and decided to have some fun. For an email I typed, notachance@yahoo.com First name: inyer Last name: Dreams and so on and so on. I am easily amused!
I prefer:
First Name: Nunya
Last Name: Business
NikiM20
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I went to the grocery store, came back and there were 125 of these emails, i cant block them.HELP!!! Can someone tell me how to block and email on AOL? I thought it had stopped as of yesterday, but obviously not
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