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Domain spoofing

Making a domain or sender identity appear to belong to someone else.

Why it matters

Spoofing can trick users into trusting a message or destination.

Example pattern

An email claims to be from a brand but fails authentication or uses a lookalike domain.

How CheckLink can help

CheckLink tools can review sender and domain signals as context.

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