I’ve been alarmed over the emails that I received for the past two weeks; it seems that online scam artists are doubling their efforts. I used to get only about 2 or 3 emails a month from scam artists and they are usually from somebody who wants you to help them “hide” their money from a terrorist government or somebody who wants to entrust you with huge amount of fortune they received. I've also received emails selling black market medicines. However recently I have received two emails that made me raise my eyebrows. These are not ordinary scam emails where you might be somewhat forewarned that they are scams. This type of online fraud is sure to get an uninformed user hook line and sinker. What I am talking about is what security experts aptly name as “phishing.” According to Wikipedia, phishing is defined as “an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity … [Read more...]