I would have never thought in a million years that I would be a victim to fraud. I am not overly
careful, but I am always alert (just ask my son who thought he'd get away with charging $212 on my Visa card). Last Christmas I was the victim of identity theft. A clerk at a cell phone store took my information and went to an Apple Store and basically took over my wireless account. Lesson learned - set up your own phone at home. Do not let the clerk do it for you in the store.
Going through that process I learned, what I thought at the time, was more than I needed to know about fraud, and specifically about phishing. Until today, when someone thought I would buy in to their scam.
What is phishing? Phishing is an attempt to obtain information from you by disguising an email to look like a site you trust. Trust me, they look real. There are logos, and links, and terms used that make it look legit, but if you look closer you can catch some details.
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