Labels:book | hakham | laptop | monitor | reckoner | sky | web site OCR: 0-28 SECTION What's phishing? Phishing (pronounced "fishing) is a scam that arrives in your e-mailbox looking like official correspondence from major com- pany such as Microsoft, PayPal, eBay, MSN, Yahoo!, or AOL The e-mail message actually from an illegitimate source and designed trick you into divulging confidential information or downloading virus Links in the e-mail message often lead to a Web site that looks official, where you are asked to enter confidential information such as your credit card number Social Security number or bank account number The following are examples of phishing scams you should be aware of Amessage from Microsoft with an attachment that supposedly contains security update for Microsoft Windows. Downloading the attachment infects your computer with virus messag ...
