[pchelpers] Article:Phishing By Hook or Crook!

Phishing, the cyber form of Identity Theft using fake spam emails and 
fake websites of reputed financial organizations has grown in 
sophistication and magnitude

[ClickPress, Fri Jan 27 2006] You open your mailbox to check some 
important mails. Lo! There’s a mail from your bank, that screams URGENT! 
You click on the mail and it says that your account has been compromised 
and you need to fill in a form in the bank website site that pops up on 
clicking the link, in order to cancel your account to stop any damage. 
Having lost all your senses, all you have in your mind is your hard 
earned money in the bank, and like a machine you fill the form and click 
the send button. There you are! You are phished!

Phishing, the cyber form of Identity Theft using fake spam emails and 
fake websites of reputed financial organizations has grown in 
sophistication and magnitude in the year gone by. The Anti-Phishing 
Working Group, an industry consortium, says in its recent study that 
attacks in November 2005, was double that of what was reported in the 
same month in 2004. With e-commerce growing rapidly, Phishing attempts 
may grow multifold this year, faking more brands and institutions to 
loot more victims around the globe.

More here:
http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/8423005cp.shtml

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