In a nutshell, Sendio's I.C.E. box requires any e-mail sent my way to be verified first that it was sent by a person and not a spam-generating computer. If you are in my contact database ...

Spam is very difficult to ... someone into giving out information over email is called ‘phishing’. You might receive an email claiming to be from your bank or from a social networking site.

“Scammers,” the FBI warns, “often offer too-good-to-be-true deals via phishing emails or ads. Such schemes may offer brand-name merchandise at extremely low prices, offer gift cards as an incentive, ...