Fighting Phire with Phire - Online Phising Scams

Posted in Fraud & Scams on Oct 09, 2007

Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University suggests that those who were tricked by a spoor email are the ones who are onestly ready to learn their lesson about "Phishing" scams.

Online Phishing scams are becoming more common by the minute because of it's potential of gaining a lot of money if a wealthy target is suckered in. According to Lorrie Cranor (associate research professor of computer science) most phishing attacks are successful because of the fact that many people ignore educational materials that may help them to detect and deter such online scams.

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