Articles Tagged ‘phishing scam’

Watch Out for These New Phishing Scams
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Watch Out for These New Phishing ScamsPhishing scams have been around nearly as long as the World Wide Web, and they’re still going strong. Scammers are constantly coming up with new ploys to get our personal information, including website passwords, Social Security Numbers, bank account information and more. This helps them commit a variety of criminal acts, such as hacking, bank fraud and identity theft. There are many different types of phishing scams, but there are certain rules that can help protect you from most of them. First, if you receive an email purportedly from a bank or other entity with which you do business asking...

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