Yes, an email is an example of Cyber Crime. It is a type of email spoofing, here In a spoofing attack, a hacker or malicious individual impersonates another user or device on a network, duping users or systems into believing they are legitimate or authentic.
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The school offers a wireless facility (wifi) to the Computer Science students of Class XI. For communication, the network security staff of the school has a registered URL schoolwifi.edu. On 17 September 2017, the following email was mass distributed to all the Computer Science students of Class XI. The email claimed that the password of the students was about to expire. Instructions were given to go to the URL to renew their password within 24 hours.

Is email an example of cybercrime? If yes, then specify which type of cybercrime is it. Justify your answer.
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