Phishing – Part 4
"Phishing" continues to be one of the most fraudulent activities happening on the Internet. A lot of people are still not aware of phishing and, more alarming, a non-trivial number of people are being caught off guard by it and providing their personal and finananical information to perpetrators of fraud . According to the Anti-Phishing […]
Phishing Update
In the Inside ID Conference report I mentioned "phishing" as one of the types of fraudulent activity that is happening on the Internet. There was a news story about phishing in the past few days — it is clearly on the rise and something to be quite careful about. I have personally received three phishing […]
Phishing – Part 2
A number of readers were surprised to learn about phishing, and more than one suggested that I send the example to eBay. Actually, I am quite confident that eBay is on top of this issue. I suspect they scan continuously to find eBay fraud of all kinds — including phishing emails. eBay is an incredibly […]
Phishing
In the Inside ID Conference report (part 4) I mentioned "phishing" as one of the types of fraudulent activity that is happening on the Internet. Today I received an example personally. This is such a blatant example of fraud I hope and suspect that the Federal Trade Commission is taking swift action. I also hope […]
Current Events by John R. Patrick – 12/08/2023
New sections may appear every week or just when I have something new to share. Cybercrime advice for the holidays and beyond The following is some great advice from the Axios Codebook newsletter. 1. Think before you click. Most garden-variety cybercrime happens as a result of phishing — deceptive emails, text messages and websites that […]
