Text & E-mail “Spoofing”

Text & E-mail “spoofing” is the new “in” thing evil people are doing these days. I had no clue. Perhaps I am a little behind. Basically, there are a ton of sites where others can send texts or e-mails that look like they were sent from you!

These services are free!

Here is a summary of how spoofing works:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_spoofing

Here are actual “spoofing” sites:

http://txtemnow.com/

http://textem.net/

So, basically if someone really wanted to hurt you, they could send a text or e-mail from you to your boss, wife etc.

However, there is help. If someone “spoofs” a text or e-mail, they can be prosecuted for fraud. The “spoofing” sites do keep a record of all IP addresses.

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by lizeccentric7 on May 14, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by lizeccentric7 on May 14, 2012

http://awomeninherthirties.com/2012/05/14/text-e-mail-spoofing-crap/

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  1. LWSpotts

     /  May 14, 2012

    This is a bit scary to me. If someone were really angry, they could ruin your life.

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