Cyber Crooks Go "phishing"
© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved http://www.thenetreporter.com-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-"Phishing," the latest craze among online evil-doers, hasnothing to do with sitting at the end of a dock on a sunnyafternoon dangling a worm to entice hungry catfish. But, if you take their bait, this new breed of online conartist will hook you, reel you in, and take you for everydollar you have... or worse."Phishing" describes a combination of techniques used bycyber crooks to bait people into giving up sensitivepersonal data such as credit card numbers, social securitynumbers, bank account numbers, dates of birth and more.Their techniques work so well that, according toFraudWatchInternational.com, "phishing" rates as thefastest growing scam on the ...