What does phishing mean?
Phishing (pronounced “fishing”) refers to fraudulent communications designed to deceive consumers into divulging personal, financial, or account information.
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How do I choose an e-mail address?
Many people use a combination of first and last name. Some suggestions for John Smith, President of Your Domain are: john@yourdomain.com john-smith@yourdomain.com john.smith@yourdomain.com jsmith@yourdomain.com smith@yourdomain.com president@yourdomain.com domain_president@yourdomain.com Spaces and apostrophes can’t be used. Substitute a period (.), dash (-), or underscore (_).
What is dictionary spam?
Dictionary spam is a technique spammers use. In simple terms they create a list of email addresses by merging domain name databases (commonly available) with the ‘dictionary’ database which contains all the words in the dictionary, plus common names and words commonly used for email addresses e.g. info@ or service@. People who choose to use