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4 Ways to Spot an Internet Scam

by Matt Brownell on 09/10/2012

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The quintessential phishing scam goes something like this:

An email arrives in your inbox, purporting to be from a financial institution, …

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by Matt Brownell on 09/10/2012

Consumer Advocate: Anti-Phishing Working Group

by Emily Peters on 02/06/2006

Want to know if that highly convincing survey email from Citizen’s Bank is a fake? Check their archive for detailed images and explanations of why it is a scam. Some of these phishing emails and pharming websites look so authentic it’s hard to believe that they are actually frauds. Even if you haven’t received a suspicious email lately, check out this website for tips on how to spot phishing emails, a live map of phishing around the world and reports on the prevalence of these crimes. You can even report a suspicious email to the Anti-Phishing Working Group online.

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by Emily Peters on 02/06/2006

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