Gone Phishing

Cyber criminals have gone phi-shing — and you might end up as the catch of the day. Phishing is the act of sending an e-mail that claims to be from a legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the recipient into providing personal data that will be used for identity theft.

The e-mail typically directs the recipient to a Web site where he is asked to update personal information — such as passwords, credit card numbers, social security numbers, or bank account numbers that the legitimate business already has. But th.....

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