Protect Your Online Accounts from Phishing Scams

by David Slone

Back To Webmaster & Work at Home  |  Back To Categories

What is phishing? Phishing involves the sending of an e-mail falsely claiming to be from an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. The e-mail directs the user to visit a Web site where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security number, and bank account numbers. It is relatively simple to make a Web site look like the legitimate site by mimicking the HTML code or by framing parts of the pages.

This article has been moved to http://www.honestinformation.com/content/Article/Protect-Your-Online-Accounts-from-Phishing-Scams

Back To Webmaster & Work at Home  |  Back To Categories

Google
 
Web Honest Information

Back To Webmaster & Work at Home  |  Back To Categories  |  Back To Top



 
Unless otherwise noted all content
Copyright © 2005-2011 HonestInformation.Com All rights Reserved
All Information Presented Here Is True & Accurate To The Best Of My Ability
 
Back to Top  §  Home