{"id":316,"date":"2005-05-12T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2005-05-12T20:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=316"},"modified":"2005-05-12T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2005-05-12T20:19:10","slug":"beware-of-phishing-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/beware-of-phishing-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Phishing Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Beware of Phishing Scams<\/h1>\n<div class=\"byline\">by Rob Cheng<\/div>\n<p>\nThere is a growing menace on the Internet called <i>phishing<\/i>.<br \/>\nIn simple terms, phishing can be defined as using fraudulent<br \/>\nemails and web sites to trick you into revealing passwords and user names.<br \/>\nThe scary part is that phishing is becoming a growing and thriving industry.<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiphishing.org\">AntiPhishing.org<\/a><br \/>\nreported that in the four months from October 2004 to January 2005,<br \/>\nthe phishing problem grew by 600 percent.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right; width:500px; margin:4px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/privacy\/pphish.gif\" width=500 height=420><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:85%; font-weight:bold;\">\nDespite the authentic look of this email, its urgency and subtle errors<br \/>\nare warning signs that it is a phishing scam.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThis is extremely serious, because phishers are trying to steal your most<br \/>\nimportant information&#8211;financial information.<br \/>\nOver a period of just two days, I have received phishing emails that claimed to be<br \/>\nfrom eBay, Washington Mutual, PayPal, and Citibank.<br \/>\nOne of the emails I received is shown on the right.<br \/>\nThese emails are written as if they are urgent and require immediate action.<br \/>\nThis is actually one of the largest warning signs of a scam email.<br \/>\nThe phishers need people to act quickly in order to escape capture.<br \/>\nThe link in the email is good for only perhaps a few hours,<br \/>\nand then they change web sites to keep one step ahead of the authorities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWorse still the problem is on the rise, clogging our inboxes with countless<br \/>\nsecurity alerts and account validations.<br \/>\nPhishing is a financial numbers game.<br \/>\nIf they send out a million emails a day (small by spam standards)<br \/>\nand just one in 100,000 falls for the deception,<br \/>\nthey have bank account information for 10 people.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s a lot of money!<br \/>\nOnce these devious people have your financial information,<br \/>\nthey can take all of your money and have the ability to financially ruin your lives.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs the phishers find success stealing your money, their sophistication is quickly rising.<br \/>\nThe web site on the right is virtually indistinguishable from<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/signin.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?SignIn&#038;favoritenav=&#038;sid=&#038;ruproduct=&#038;pp=&#038;co_partnerId=2&#038;ru=&#038;i1=&#038;ruparams=&#038;pageType=&#038;pa2=&#038;bshowgif=&#038;pa1=&#038;pUserId=&#038;errmsg=&#038;UsingSSL=&#038;runame=&#038;siteid=0\">eBay&#8217;s actual sign in page<\/a>.<br \/>\nCompare for yourself.<br \/>\nThe only warning sign can be found in the address bar.<br \/>\nCareful scrutiny shows that the page is not being delivered by web site but by a strange URL.<br \/>\nUsers need to make a habit of looking at the address bar before entering user information<br \/>\nover the Internet.\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right; width:340px; margin:4px;\">\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/images\/privacy\/ebaybig.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/privacy\/ebaysmall.jpg\" \nwidth=340 height=274 border=0><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:85%; font-weight:bold;\">\nAside from the peculiar URL in the address bar, this page is indistinguishable from eBay&#8217;s actual sign in page.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nUp until now, most phishers have escaped capture from the authorities,<br \/>\nwhich has led them to become more brazen and sophisticated.<br \/>\nUsers shouldn&#8217;t expect that fear of prosecution will stop phishing;<br \/>\nself-defense is the best course of action.<br \/>\nHere is how you can protect yourself:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<b>Ignore and delete<\/b> any email that claims to be from a financial institution and<br \/>\nasks you to enter your user name, password or other important<br \/>\ndata such as a credit card or social security number.<br \/>\nIf you have concerns that it may be real, contact the company by telephone.\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<b>Never click any link<\/b> inside an email message that claims to be from a bank<br \/>\nor financial institution.<br \/>\nInstead, open a new browser window and go to the web site by typing in the address or using<br \/>\na bookmark that you have previously set.\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<b>Look at the address bar<\/b> before entering sensitive information into a web site.<br \/>\nFor any site that handles your money or personal information (such as medical data),<br \/>\nyou should see the site name prefixed by <span class=\"tsType\">https:\/\/<\/span><br \/>\nindicating that it is using a secure connection.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nOf course, phishing is illegal in countless different ways.<br \/>\nHowever due to the Internet&#8217;s anonymity and various hacking tricks,<br \/>\nit has been simple for these bandits to escape the law.<br \/>\nI hope one day these type of scams come to an end, but<br \/>\nuntil then, please everyone be careful out there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beware of Phishing Scams by Rob Cheng There is a growing menace on the Internet called phishing. 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