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Trying to create a list of valid email addresses by sending email to randomly generated addresses and seeing which ones are delivered is called

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I would say trying an error
User Denis Valeev
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It is called phishing. Phishing is the endeavor to acquire delicate data, for example, usernames, passwords, and Visa points of interest, frequently for vindictive reasons, by camouflaging as a reliable substance in an electronic correspondence.
Phishing is ordinarily done by email satirizing or texting, and it regularly guides clients to enter individual data at a fake site, the look and feel of which are practically indistinguishable to the true blue one.
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