Below is an example of a phishing email. Click on the image for a larger picture.
PHISHING:
* is the act of tricking someone into giving them confidential
information or tricking them into doing something that they normally
wouldn’t do or shouldn’t do. For example: sending an e-mail 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.
* Comes from the analogy that internet scammers are using email bait to
fish for passwords and financial data from the sea of internet users.
Since hackers have a tendancy of replacing "f" with "ph", the term
phishing was derived. The term has evolved over the years to include not
only obtaining user account details but access to all personal and
financial data.
* is a form of Internet fraud that aims to steal valuable information
such as credit cards, social security numbers, user IDs and passwords. A
fake website is created that is similar to that of a legitimate
organisation, typically a financial institution such as a bank or
insurance company. An email is sent requesting that the recipient access
the fake website (which will usually be a replica of a trusted site)
and enter their personal details, including security access codes. ...
* Is a type of fraud whereby a criminal attempts to trick their victim
into accepting a false identity presented by the criminal. The common
application of this approach is to send fake emails (email spoofing) to a
victim purporting to come from a legitimate source and requesting
information (such as a bank account number and password) or directing
the victim to a fake Internet website where this information can be
captured (webpage spoofing). ...
* (also known as phising) is the practice whereby a fraudster who is
pretending to be from a legitimate organisation, sends misleading emails
requesting personal and financial details from unsuspecting people.
* a form of identity theft in which a scammer uses an authentic-looking
e-mail to trick recipients into giving out sensitive personal
information, such as a credit card, bank account or Social Insurance
numbers.
* In computing, phishing is the act of attempting to fraudulently
acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card
details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business with a real
need for such information in a seemingly official electronic
notification or message (most often an email, or an instant message). It
is a form of social engineering attack.
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