phishing is where you get an email properting to come from a bank or other
financial institution asking you to clarify your account details by clicking
on a link to visit a supposed secure website. These emails come from
seemingly ligit sources such as halifac etc, but they are not from those
reputable companies. no bank will ask you for your full account
number/pin/passcode when you log in to their service, and they certainly
wouldn't ask you to click on a link from an email.
this is bad stuff indeed. From: "Peter Logue" <peterlogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:05 PM Subject: [access-uk] Fishing
Hi all,
I've heard of Spam, , trojans and spyware. But there's anew buzz word out
there that I'm not familiar with. phishing . Can anyone fill me in as to what
this is?
Peter
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