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April 20th, 2004, 07:39 PM
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Last modified: April 19, 2004, 11:52 AM PDT
By Munir Kotadia
Special to CNET News.com
The number of "phishing" e-mails circulating on the Web has increased from 279 to 215,643 over the past six months, according to e-mail security company MessageLabs.
Phishing is an Internet scam in which unsuspecting users receive official-looking e-mails that attempt to fool them into disclosing online passwords, user names and other personal information. Victims are usually persuaded to click on a link that directs them to a doctored version of an organization's Web site.
MessageLabs, which monitors corporate e-mail traffic, said Monday that in September 2003 the company encountered just 279 phishing e-mails. In January 2004, this figure reached 337,050 and then dropped back to 215,643 by March. The company said it is impossible to estimate exactly how many people have been fooled by...
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-{ Quote: "'Phishing' scams luring more users
Last modified: April 19, 2004, 11:52 AM PDT
By Munir Kotadia
Special to CNET News.com
The number of "phishing" e-mails circulating on the Web has increased from 279 to 215,643 over the past six months, according to e-mail security company MessageLabs.
Phishing is an Internet scam in which unsuspecting users receive official-looking e-mails that attempt to fool them into disclosing online passwords, user names and other personal information. Victims are usually persuaded to click on a link that directs them to a doctored version of an organization's Web site.
MessageLabs, which monitors corporate e-mail traffic, said Monday that in September 2003 the company encountered just 279 phishing e-mails. In January 2004, this figure reached 337,050 and then dropped back to 215,643 by March. The company said it is impossible to estimate exactly how many people have been fooled by...
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