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Phishing
What is phishing?
Explanation :: Detection :: Solution :: Prevention
Phishing is an online scam used to commit identity theft. A fraudulent, but official-looking e-mail is sent to a user in an attempt to con that user into divulging personal and/or private information, which is then used for identity theft.
Phishers spam huge numbers of users with a seemingly credible e-mail that instructs the user to visit a Web site (also fraudulent) where they are prompted to enter or update their personal or private information (such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers). Phishers also use pop-ups to try and scam users into entering sensitive information.
What actually happens, to the trusting users who submit this information in response to a Phishing attempt, is that identity thieves steal the user’s information and their accounts are emptied.
Phishing attempts are extremely sophisticated and it can be extremely difficult to tell if the e-mail or Web site is real. However, no credible organization (like your bank, credit card company or social security office) will ever ask you for those kinds of details in an e-mail.
Phishing got its name from the idea that bait is cast out among many fish, some of which actually bite, become hooked and are reeled in.