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		teraflop 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scammed out of $130K via fake Google call, spoofed... So any message from Gmail is treated as legitimate for google.com, and yet Gmail can't do its own checks on outgoing mail to ensure that unauthorized people don't put legal@google.com in the From: header? Seriously?

cpncrunch 5 months ago [–]

No, gmail will never let you send from an address you don't own.

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