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- The act of 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. The e-mail directs the user to visit a Web site 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. The Web site, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the user’s information. Webopedia
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- While Spam was (and continues to be) annoying, distracting and burdensome to all its recipients, Phishing has already shown the potential to inflict serious losses of data and direct losses due to fraudulent currency transfers.
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- Consider installing a Web browser tool bar to help protect you from known phishing fraud Web sites. - MSN money
- "This phishing website goes a step further than most phishing sites by employing a phone-call 'verification' step," said internet monitoring company Websense. - vnunet.com
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