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Another technique is to use a 'cloaked' URL. By using Domain Forwarding , or inserting Control Character s, the URL can appear to be genuine while concealing the address of the actual website. Anti-Phishing Technology" , Aaron Emigh, Radix Labs, 19 January 2005

The objective may be fraudulent, often associated with Phishing or E-mail Spoofing , or to criticize or make fun of the person or body whose website the spoofed site purports to represent. "How to recognize spoofed Web sites" , Microsoft, 26 October 2006

As an example of the use of this technique to Parody an organization, in November 2006 two spoof websites were produced claiming that Microsoft had bought Firefox and released Microsoft Firefox 2007. " Fake Sites Insist Microsoft Bought Firefox " , Gregg Keizer, Information Week, 9 November 2006


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