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Phishing is the new 21st century crime. It is the practice of sending out fake emails, or spam, written to appear as if they have been sent by banks or others organisations, with the intent of luring the recipient into revealing sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, account number, ATM pins or credit card details.
Example




Prevention Methods:
1. Never replying to e-mail or pop-up messages from companies that ask for personal, financial, or password information.

2. Do not use your personal email address on online forms or any public forum
such as such as newsgroups and mailing lists. Doing so may cause you be
flooded with spam.

3. Use anti-virus and anti-spyware software, as well as a firewall, and update them all regularly. Software can be use are such as AVG Antivirus, Avast, Avira and Norton. . Anti-virus software can detect and delete virus files
before they can attack a computer and firewall can protect computer from
being hacked into.

4. Always ensure that your login ID, password and other security number are protected at all times.

5. Review credit card and bank account statements as soon as you receive them to check for unauthorized charges. If your statement is late by more than a couple of days, call your credit card company or bank to confirm your billing address and account balances.



References
1) http://www.bankrate.com:80/brm/news/advice/Phishing-email.asp


2) http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/training/phishing2.html


3)http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci916037,00.html


4)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phishing


5)http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=69363