| Today became a challenge. | | | | type in the search engine are "report fraud," "report |
| If you have ever been scammed or had your identity | | | | phishing scam," or "internet fraud." |
| stolen, you understand the frustration. | | | | The website which I discovered to report this type of |
| First step was to go to my beloved Google and type | | | | not only plagiarism but outright fraud are (internet |
| in "report phishing." For those who may not be familiar | | | | fraud). |
| with the term phishing, I have included the Wikipedia | | | | Yes, You can file all of the reports in order to prevent |
| definition. | | | | illegal and unethical people from harming other innocent |
| "In the field of computer security, phishing is the | | | | people. You may also file a complaint with the FTC. |
| criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire | | | | Another thing you can do in order to locate the |
| sensitive information such as usernames, passwords | | | | individual or company illegally using your web site is to |
| and credit card details by masquerading as a | | | | type in Then add a / and the name of the URL (URL |
| trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. | | | | is the uniform resource locater better known as the |
| Communications purporting to be from popular social | | | | website address or website name) showing for the |
| web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or | | | | fraudulent use of your website. |
| IT administrators are commonly used to lure the | | | | Don't be surprised if it does not exist. In fact, they may |
| unsuspecting public. Phishing is typically carried out by | | | | have an ad posted to sell the URL. If you can not |
| e-mail or instant messaging,[1] and it often directs users | | | | locate them through that source, type in the affiliate link |
| to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel | | | | name. |
| are almost identical to the legitimate one. Even when | | | | This will reveal the number of records on the "whois" |
| using server authentication, it may require tremendous | | | | file since 2000 and other sites hosted on his server |
| skill to detect that the website is fake. Phishing is an | | | | and the number of other domains registered to the |
| example of social engineering techniques used to fool | | | | owner or one of his many other aliases. In such cases, |
| users,[2] and exploits the poor usability of current web | | | | listed addresses may be in different states - mostly |
| security technologies.[3] Attempts to deal with the | | | | California and New York. Do not be surprised if the |
| growing number of reported phishing incidents include | | | | address listed is not valid, nor is the telephone listed |
| legislation, user training, public awareness, and technical | | | | valid or the email addresses be valid. |
| security measures. | | | | Huge thank you to Chris Hickman, my pay per click |
| A phishing technique was described in detail in 1987, | | | | mentor who discovered the fraudulent site and |
| and the first recorded use of the term "phishing" was | | | | reported it to me. Yes, there are honest, ethical people |
| made in 1996. The term is a variant of fishing,[4] | | | | out there. However, there are also people who prey |
| probably influenced by phreaking[5][6] or password | | | | on honest business people. |
| harvesting fishing, and alludes to baits used to "catch" | | | | Contact me and I'll keep you posted on protecting |
| financial information and passwords." Other terms to | | | | yourself. |