[sotd] February 15, 2005 [Anti-Phishing Working Group]

        Site of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005

        Anti-Phishing Working Group

Today's site offers detailed information about various ways fraudulent
activities online can lure the unsuspecting. Gentle Subscribers who have
been noticing an increase in the number of dubious e-mails hitting their
in-boxes may wish to review the material at the site to insure that they do
not fall victim to unscrupulous schemes.

" The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is the global pan-industrial and
law enforcement association focused on eliminating the fraud and identity
theft that result from phishing, pharming and email spoofing of all types.
...  ... Phishing attacks use 'spoofed' e-mails and fraudulent websites
designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data such as
credit card numbers, account usernames and passwords, social security
numbers, etc. Pharming uses the same kind of spoofed sites, but uses
malware/spyware to redirect users from real websites to the fraudulent
sites (typically DNS hijacking). By hijacking the trusted brands of
well-known banks, online retailers and credit card companies, phishers are
able to convince recipients to respond to them." - from the website

The site offers comprehensive material, with advice on how to avoid various
types of Internet fraud of the "phishing" variety, along with assistance on
what to do for those who may already have been victimized by these scams.
Among the most valuable of the resources available are the screenshots and
explanations of actual online duplicities, showing exactly how they mimic
legitimate sites and the small discrepancies which reveal their nefarious
origins. An up-to-date list of currently circulating e-mail scams is
included. 

Stomp over to the site for up-to-date information on Internet fraud at:

http://www.antiphishing.org/

  A.M. Holm
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