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Phishing
On October 9, 2009, more than 6000 UCI affiliates received an email message claiming that they were required to click on a link which would take them to a web site to update their email accounts. This message has been confirmed to be an example of “phishing,” a malicious attempt to have you divulge personal [...]
Phishing is a name for fraudulent email messages sent by thieves to lure the recipient into divulging personal or financial information. Thieves can then use this information for mischief or profit.
These email messages pretend to be from well-known, legitimate businesses or organizations, and increasingly look as if they actually are. We’ve seen phishing messages sent [...]
NACS continues to work hard to identify unwelcome, unsolicited commercial e-mail. No filtering technique is 100% effective, however, and it is therefore worthwhile to highlight a common threat that a seemingly legitimate message may pose.
One of the most disturbing trends in online crime today is known as “phishing” — fraudulent messages that appear to be [...]