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[SPAMfighter News] Speaking about the dangerous outcomes of phishing, Andrew McClelland, Director of Business Development of Internet Measurement Research Group (IMRG) said that phishing remained a dominant challenge for businesses transacted online. A single phishing attack could drastically reduce people's faith in a company.

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[SPAMfighter News] Brits Increasingly Falling Victim to Online Phishing: Statistics from the UK-based Fraud Prevention Service CIFAS indicate that over 23% of British Internet users reported that they or their family members and friends had been victims of at least one phishing scam during 2008.

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