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[TechJaws.com] The claim that there is a problem with the recipient’s account is nothing but a scam to try and fool a person into submitting PayPal account details to Internet criminals. Any information entered on the bogus form can be collected by criminals and used to hijack the user’s PayPal and credit card accounts.
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[Gavin Whittaker] Day 1 - Phishing - Avoiding Internet Fraud for Beginners: This ”phishing technique is common and people fall victim to it every day. The email is formatted to look official and until you click one of the links within the email youre safe. Upon clicking a link youll be directed to a web site that again has been carefully crafted to look like the login page of the official site.
[ZDNet UK Highlights] Phishing scam spurs EC into security revamp | Security Threats ...: In the phishing attempts, which took place on 28 January, scammers sent emails asking employees at customers of the registries to click on a link to sort out problems with their account. The link took them to a fake website, designed to look exactly like the real Commission certificate-trading site, where the company user identification code and password was requested for 'verification'.
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[McAfee Security Insights Blog] McAfee Security Insights Blog » Blog Archive » Don't be lured by ...: Or if you click on a link in the email, you may be redirected to a ”mirror, phishing, site that looks just like a professional banking site. But when you log in and provide your social security number, credit card number or banking password on the ”mirror site then you are handing over the information to the bad guys!
[Commtouch Café] Scammers are always phishing for information - Protect yourself ...: There are many ways to lose (and for attackers to gain) your password, such as key logging software and other malware on your machine or another machine you used. If the hackers have inside technology following your moves, theyll keep getting your passwords regardless of how complex they are or how frequently you change them.
[CNET News.com] FAQ: Recognizing phishing e-mails | InSecurity Complex - CNET News: SPOOF@EBAY.COM OR SPOOF @PAYPAL.COM THIS ALLOWS THEM TO TRACE THE SOURSE OF THE PHISHING EMAIL AND THEY CAN GT THE SITE SHUT DOWN,IT WORKS AND THEY WILL THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LET THEM KNOW.They do not want their customers to be taken by these idiots that have nothing else to do than screw up some ones life.If the FED CHAIRMANS WIFE CAN HAVE HER ID STOLEN,WHICH HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO THEN IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU OR I.IN FACT SHE NO LONGER ALLOWS HER HUSBAND TO USE
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