In this episode Paul shows us three ways someone can send a spoof email either as a prank, or for something a little more evil. He showcases an iPhone and an Android app as well as shows how to spoof email in Linux.

The apps used:


iPhone: Fake Email
Linux: Postfix and mailutils

The command used to send a spoofed email from the terminal in Linux is:

mail -s “your subject” --append=FROM:fakeemailaddress to-emailaddress < mail.txt
As mentioned in the video, mail.txt is a simple text file where you would write out the body of the email being sent. Simple right?

If you decide to try this out, make sure you are only doing it as a fun prank. Don't really try to do this to get out of a meeting, or for anything else illegal. Harmless fun is fine, but i can't be responsible if you do something stupid, and get yourself into trouble.

If you do pull this prank on someone, let us know how it goes in the comments!