Spam is a scam in which a perpetrator sends an official-looking e-mail that attempts to obtain personal and financial information from the recipient.

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Spam refers to unsolicited, often irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent over the Internet to a large number of recipients, not specifically to scams attempting to obtain personal and financial information. The term for such scams is "phishing."

Spam Is a Scam in Which a Perpetrator Sends an Official-Looking