Be on the lookout for phishing emails.

November 30, 2007 8:41 pm admin Computers & Technology :: Spam

These emails are also becoming more personalized, making them more believable to their victims. The rapidly growing class of identity theft scams on the internet is a criminal attempt to get their recipients to divulging personal data like credit card numbers, bank account numbers, social security number, account number or password. Pronounced “fishing”, is named from spammers using fraudulent email messages to “fish” for information in an email supposedly from a company you know. Phishing is a one of the fastest-growing cybercrimes and costs consumers millions of dollars each year.