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Article #201: Hacking Into Your Billing Account!

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AOL assures their clients that no one a page that simply does not exist.
from the staff of AOL asks for their To tend to this problem, Internet
personal or billing information. Also, Explorer and Mozzilla give users the
AOL has created a system that deactivates option of either continuing or canceling
accounts as soon as there are signs that their surfing. With a warning message,
it is used for phishing. the user can just go to that questionable
Other recent phishing incidences involve page or not. Free Scan! See how many
that of the Internal Revenue Service. errors your computer has, at
There is a way for phishers to know the There are some phishing scams that
bank of their potential victim. Then they utilize JavaScript commands. These alter
pose as an employee of that bank and send the address bar and are done by imposing
an email to their victim. a picture of a credible entity URL over
Also, social networking sites can be a it. These visually deceive a casual
home base for phishers because personal Internet user.
details that have been printed online are Another phishing technique is the
used for identity theft. Statistics show cross-site scripting. Here, the culprit
that over 70% phishing attempts are done uses a legitimate company's own scripts
in social networks. on a potential victim. In doing so, the
Another technique used by phishers is user is directed to sign in for the
coming up with a link in an email that services of the imposed company. The
belongs to a fake organization. They security certificates and web address
often use misspelled URLs or sub domains appearing on the page may seem correct
to trick potential victims. for the non-professional eye. In truth
Note the web address and check the @ though, this link the potential victim
symbol. For example, may be a link that has clicked on is a way for a phisher to
can easily deceive anyone casually know his personal and financial
observing the page. However, whoever information.
clicks on this will be merely directed to






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