‘Phishing’ Keeps Luring Victims

‘Phishing’ Keeps Luring Victims

If you see an e-mail this weekend asking you to donate to the victims of Hurricane Wilma, be careful. A scammer may be “phishing” in your e-mail inbox.

“Phishing” scams, in which e-mails and Web sites made to look official are used to trick people out of their credit card numbers or other personal information, are on the rise.

Phishing is one step worse than spam. Each day it seems like I get 4-5 of these e-mail messages and if it wasn’t for ECU’s spam marshal which filters out much of the junk it would probably be more of a hassle than it already is.

When responding to anything we must be diligent. Phishing is eroding much of the trust of the internet and is having a negative impact on digital stakeholder relationships.

22 October, 2005 |

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