Phishing – be careful

In the past one month or so I have received 3 to 4 phishing mails and messages and have fallen for couple of them… off course after entering my userid and password, I realized that they were phishing attempts and change my password immediately…I consider myself internet savvy and was shocked to realize that any one can be deceived with a neatly designed phishing website. After these attempts I decided to write about phishing…

What is phishing?

The act of sending an email/messages to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The e-mail directs the user to visit a website where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has.

How it works?

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November 27, 2006 | Filed Under Informative, Internet, Technology | Leave a Comment