phisher

• “In reality, it was a "phisher," which is someone who sends messages trying to fool e-mailers into divulging passwords and other personal information.”

  News & Observer: Site Info

• “phisher" sets up a look-alike website (of a bank, for example) and sends out legitimate looking emails to lure in victims.”

  WN.com - Articles related to UK police asks Internet cafes to monitor customers

• “You could get this from an email or from visiting websites which are often phisher sites made to look like the real thing.”

  America Under Attack-- Today

• “Did the couple accidentally give their data to a phisher?”

  Robert Siciliano: Couple's Online Bank Account Hacked, Leading to Identity Theft

• “This is the text message some spammer/phisher sent to my cell phone today.”

  Consumer Reports: Beware of 'phishy' text messages on your cell phone

• “In those cases it would be possible for the phisher to send out direct messages on your behalf which could trick your followers.”

  Archive 2009-01-01

• “How long until a phisher knocks up a copy of the P2Plawsuit. com online settlement page and starts intimidating people into paying up?”

  Boing Boing

• “That way if a phisher hacked your site (happened to me) and then spammed everyone a fake bank link that goes there it will stop it immediately”

  EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Classic 80’s games over-exposed.

• “And speaking of phishing tricks - here's another one in which a phisher imitates the Canada Revenue Agency Canadians duped by tax refund scam, Computer World Canada Jan 19”

  Internet News: January 2009 Archives

• “Advice on how not to be taken in by a phisher trying to get access to your financial accounts or trick you out of money.”

  Internet News: Security and Privacy Archives

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