MAIL FROM vs From vs Sender – exploiting SPF

After 10 years of managing computer networks, I still learn something new almost every day. This week I inadvertently discovered that there were many more ways of “identifying” the sender of an e-mail that I had ever known (or in this case, of spoofing the sender an an e-mail).
Despite having multiple layers of SPAM protection, [...]

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FreeCollegeScholarships.net- real or not?

Maybe someone else can help me find out…
So far, I can’t find any indication of it being a scam, but I’m a bit gun shy as a result of the fact that the site bears many trademarks of a typical scam/ad site.
The site is
listed with the BBB as having a B+ rating, and everything shows [...]

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