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PayPal Phishing Scam Warning: Thanks to FireFox

Posted under Paypal on November 15th 2007 with 3 Comments

Some of you may have already read this kind of post but for others who have not, this might be of big help to them and for security awareness.

What is Phishing?

Phishing is a form of identity theft that occurs when a malicious Web site impersonates a legitimate one in order to acquire sensitive information such as passwords, account details, or credit card numbers. Phishing attacks usually come from email messages that attempt to lure the recipient into updating their personal information on fraudulent, but very real looking, Web sites. More information on phishing can be found at the Anti-Phishing Working Group, and there are a number of examples and resources available at the Wikipedia Phishing page.

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