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| What Is Phishing? |
| Tuesday, 25 March 2008 | |
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Phishing is when an information thief poses as a legitimate business or person for the purpose of tricking someone into divulging personal information. The phisher asks the victim to enter their name, address, phone number and possibly their bank account or credit card number. This is often done by giving them a web form to visit where the details can be entered. The most common phishing attacks are done via email and claim to be from your bank or a service like PayPal. Most of the real companies would never ask for their customer's information this way. Some of these attacks are done via a phone call to the target, which is called vishing.
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