phishing scam

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• phishing — (FISH.ing) pp. Creating a replica of an existing Web page to fool a user into submitting personal, financial, or password data. adj. phish v. phisher n. Example Citations: Phishing is the term coined by hackers who imitate legitimate companies in …   New words

• Phishing — In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic… …   Wikipedia

• Scam letters — A scam letter is a document, distributed electronically or otherwise, to a recipient misrepresenting the truth with the aim of gaining an advantage in a fraudulent manner.The origin of scam lettersCurrently it is unclear how far back the origin… …   Wikipedia

• Phishing — Éste es un ejemplo de un intento de phishing. Haciéndose pasar por un email oficial, trata de engañar a los clientes del banco para que den información acerca de su cuenta con un enlace a la página …   Wikipedia Español

• scam baiting — (SKAM bay.ting) pp. Teasing a scam artist particularly someone running the Nigerian advance fee fraud scheme by feigning interest in the scam and forcing the scammer to perform silly or time wasting tasks. Also: scam baiting. scam baiter n.… …   New words

• scam card — n. A game card (usually of the scratch and win variety) where a winner collects their prize by calling a 900 number, which ends up costing them an exorbitant sum on their phone bill. (Also known as a sucker card.) Example Citation: Scratch and… …   New words

• spear-phishing — pp. Phishing targeted at a specific person, usually by sending an e mail message crafted to appear as though it was sent by someone known to the recipient. Also: spear phishing, spearphishing. spear phish v. spear phish n. spear phisher n.… …   New words

• Evil twin phishing — Evil twin is the wireless version of the phishing scam. An attacker fools wireless users into connecting a laptop or mobile phone to a tainted hotspot by posing as a legitimate provider. Wireless devices link to the Internet via hotspots nearby… …   Wikipedia

• White van speaker scam — Not to be confused with White van man. A fraudulent MSRP and product tag on an Image Reference Model IA 1901 speaker system …   Wikipedia

• Black money scam — The black money scam, sometimes also known as the wash wash scam , is a scam where con artists attempt to fraudulently obtain money from a victim by persuading him or her that piles of banknote sized paper in a trunk or a safe is really money… …   Wikipedia

• Miracle cars scam — The miracle cars scam was an advance fee fraud that ran from 1997 to 2002. It was one of the largest advance fee frauds in world history, as well as the largest automobile fraud in American history. In its run of just over four years, over 4,000… …   Wikipedia