Phishing Spammers Get Better Results than Direct Mail

Phishing – the sending of unsoliticited or SPAM e-mail with the goal of extracting personal financial information from the recipeient, is a serious problem, and represents the great threat for the unauthorized installation of malware.  According to a survey publsihed in PC World, phishers may be geting as much as a 14% return on their efforts.  That means 14 out of 100 spam recipients respond to these fraudulent e-mails and end up giving up their banking user ID’s and passwords, or credit card numbers.  See the article extract and link below.
 
There aren’t many software solutions to this problem, it takes vigilance from the computer user.  A good way to learn how to protect yourself from Phishing can be found on my computer security web site – www.xsecurity.wyzguys.net.
 
PCWorldCom: Survey: Lots of Phishing Suckers Out There ….
Survey: Lots of Phishing Suckers Out There
Phishers might be getting takers on as much as 14 percent of their
trick messages, much higher than previous estimates by network
security watchers.

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