| Of the many techniques to leach away value from | | | | have a very close copy of the original domain. If the |
| web e-consumers and e-commerce in general, | | | | URL doesn't start with a valid domain then don't go |
| PHISHING is the worst and easiest to implement, all it | | | | any further. Make sure to set your browser to |
| takes is a web page look-a-like and an ip packet | | | | detect phishing site by turning on automatic website |
| sniffer to gather email addresses. It's so easy in fact | | | | checking. (Note; In Internet Explorer this setting is |
| that it is wildly used and has reached epidemic | | | | under Tools/Internet Option/Advanced tab/Phishing |
| proportions. The most targeted sites are banks, | | | | Filter this will not catch all of them) If you're not |
| ecommerce sites like ebay and payment services like | | | | familiar with URL's and IP's to distinguish them then |
| paypal. Generally phishers send email to target victims | | | | always access these sites from a new browser |
| prompting them to login into fake look-a-like forms | | | | window or from a trusted bookmark or link. |
| that look legitimate but are designed to capture your | | | | If you realize that your email is a phishing email then |
| credentials. Logging into these forms will divulge your | | | | report the fake buy forwarding it to the sites email |
| user and password information and put it in the | | | | address designated for this. For eBay this email is and |
| hands of those who will exploit your account. | | | | paypal it's check your ecommerce site most of these |
| It's incredibly difficult to detect fraudulent emails - as | | | | have an account set up enabling you to communicate |
| phishers have become increasingly sophisticated in | | | | this information to the web master. |
| their attacks creating logging pages that look very | | | | If you feel like retaliation might be in order then goto |
| authentic and are very cleaver in prompting you to | | | | PhishFighing's web site. PhishFighting is an ingenious |
| login. One thing these phishers can't do is install these | | | | site that turns things around on the fraudster. The |
| pages on the targeted sites domain. So there are | | | | site was setup to flood phishering sites with fake |
| certain characteristics in the URL the Internet users | | | | information, both usernames and passwords. When |
| should look for, that are common to many spoof | | | | you receive your next spoof email simply visit the |
| emails and give them away very easily. | | | | site and enter the web address of the phishering site |
| In order to protect your self you must be very | | | | into Every twenty seconds, a fake entry is |
| vigilant when following links from email. The URL in | | | | submitted to the site making any genuine details of |
| the address bar should be a dead giveaway so | | | | victims hidden between the hundreds of fake entries |
| always make sure your address bar is visible and | | | | Beinging aware is the most important step against |
| always have a good hard look to see if the url is | | | | phishers and sharing these tips will go a long way to |
| leading to the site's domain in question and not to | | | | eliminate this practice and help buildup buyer's |
| some weird ip address or a fake domain. Be very | | | | confidence online. |
| vigilant here and look at the domain spelling they may | | | | |