Phishing is a variant of “ fishing ”.It is used to bait the users to give out their sensitive information such as credit card information,net banking username and passwords and other important personal and financial information.Now a days social networking sites like facebook and orkut are highly targeted sites.These attacks are mainly carried by using Emails,Instant messaging or phone calls.Phishing is a example of social engineering to fool users.In Phishing people are convinced to enter their information in spoofed sites.This is a criminal activity and a punishable offense.So,it is suggested that you should never create phishing sites and if you know about any phising site then you should report it by sending an email to “ phishing-report@us-cert.gov “ .Detecting fraudulent emails and phishing sites can be extremely difficult.Here we are giving you tips and tricks to detect these phishing sites and emails and protect your self from getting hacked.
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