SPAM is unsolicited email. Usually SPAM
is considered to be bulk emailing much like the junk mail that
is delivered by the post office. SPAM is usually advertising
for goods or services. Often these goods or services are of a
questionable nature. Replying to SPAM is not recommended as it
will only 1) prove to spammers that your email account is active
and you may receive more SPAM and 2) if you purchase anything
from this type of solicitation, again it will only encourage
spammers that this technique of reaching potential customers
works.
What is SPOOFING?
Spoofing is the forging of the "from" field
in an email. Often spammers will send out email with a from
address that is not their own. They do this so if a server
blocks the email because it is spam, their mail box will not
become full.
Many viruses were designed to "spoof" the
from field so that the message appears to be from someone you
know. Some viruses grab the email address book from computers
it has infected and uses these addresses to send to as well as
make it appear as if the infected message is coming from someone
in the address book.