Beware of Phishing
By davaoguy
@davaoguy (319)
United States
February 10, 2007 3:09pm CST
Phishing is defined as the act of attaining information through false identity. It is a type of scam wherein fraudsters attain the identity of a bank, for example, and asks you to change your password. You receive an email then when you click the site you are not led to your bank's real website and you had just given them access to your account. Actually, I have a friend who's bank account was wiped out of his $2,000 just because he unconsciously responded to a suspicious email. Luckily, he got his money back and all's well. Have you had similar experiences? What pointers could you share so that people will be more aware about this scam?
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@suedarr (2382)
• Canada
10 Feb 07
I think the best rule of thumb is if you receive an email from what appears to be your bank, credit company etc, phone them first and find out if it is legitimate and never ever share your banking information on the internet unless you are 100% certain you are secure with the source. I think I get between 10-20 of the phish scams in mt inbox everyday mostly from those pretending to be from banks or companies I've had no dealings with in the past.
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@davaoguy (319)
• United States
11 Feb 07
Some people can really be vulnerable to this because of their busy schedules they always fail to verify if the email was indeed legitimate. That is why I usually avoid opening emails that has attachments in them. They might just have viruses or might have a trojan that might steal info in my computer.
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