Discussion
.................... the practise of sending fraudulent e-mails from reputable sources.
Answer: D
The practice is phishing.
Phishing means sending fraudulent e-mails that pretend to come from reputable sources, such as banks, tax departments or well-known companies, in order to make the recipient reveal passwords, card numbers or other personal data, or click a malicious link. The name plays on 'fishing': the message is bait.
E-mail spam and junk mail are unsolicited bulk messages, usually advertising, which need not pretend to come from a trusted sender. An e-mail bomber floods a single address with huge numbers of messages to overwhelm it. Neither involves impersonating a reputable source to deceive the reader.
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