What is Phishing?
Phishing is an attempt to fraudulently gain your sensitive information, like user names, passwords and credit card details, by pretending to be the real company! eBay and PayPal are common are common targets as much as banks.
How your targeted.
Phishing can be carried out by email or instant messaging and will often direst you to enter details at a website. Phone contact has also been used. Phishing is an example of social techniques used to fool you. the efforts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidents include legislation, training, technical measures and public awareness.
Not all phishing attacks need a fake website. Messages that claim to be from a bank will tell you to dial a phone number regarding problems with their bank accounts. Once you dial the number (owned by the phisher, and provided by a VOIP service) was dialed, prompts tell you to enter your account number and PIN. Fake caller ID data will give the appearance that calls come from a trusted organization. The damage can cause denial of access to email to complete financial loss. This style of theft is becoming very popular, because of the eagerness with which unsuspecting people divulge personal information to company's they think they are who they say they are.
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How to combat phishing.
Don't open any spam mail. Use Gmail That will stop the spam. While your online make sure you have the latest security features such as Firewall and Anti virus software. If in doubt, type the business's URL directly into your browser than click on any link sent in e-mail.
