[pchelpers] News:No URLs in Recent Phishing Attempts

The scammers are resorting to new ways of fooling you
By: George Craciun, Security News Editor

According to research conducted by Internet security company TrendMicro,
phishers are resorting to new ways of fooling users. The ever present
URL to the phishing site has no longer been seen in numerous messages
analyzed by TrendMicro. It would seem that instead the user is provided
with a legitimate e-mail address.


A run of the mill phishing attempt involves the user receiving a spam
message that directs that user to a phishing site. You will receive a
message that goes something like "you need to update your bank account
info, please click on the following link", but by doing so you will be
directed to a web page that looks very similar to the one of your bank.
And by filling in the requested information you are only playing into
the hands of the phisher.

More here:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/No-URLs-in-Recent-Phishing-Attempts-90527.shtml
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