hoax email

Frequency: 8.02.1 per million words

an email that is intended to deceive people

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Examples (10)

  • Be careful not to open any suspicious attachments in a hoax email.
  • I almost fell for a hoax email that claimed I had won a lottery.
  • The IT department sent out a warning about a new hoax email circulating in the company.
  • A clear sign of a hoax email is poor grammar and an urgent request for personal information.
  • Clicking on the link in the hoax email installed malware on his computer.
  • You should report any hoax email to your service provider immediately.
  • We are implementing a new filter to automatically detect and block any hoax email.
  • Did you receive that hoax email about the system update too?
  • The hoax email spread false information about the company's financial status.
  • Security experts warn that this type of hoax email is becoming increasingly sophisticated.