Monday, May 23, 2005

New twist on 'phishing' scam - 'pharming'

csmonitor.com: "'The pharmers are coming! The pharmers are coming!' Hang warning lanterns all over the Internet: It's under attack by a new scam.
For two years users have been hearing about 'phishing,' the sending of bogus e-mails - allegedly from a bank or other online business - by criminals who hope to hook the unwary. Those who bite by clicking on a hyperlink in the e-mail are shipped off to a phony but authentic-looking website and asked to enter sensitive information. If they type in their passwords or account numbers, thieves have that data."

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