If you have received a mail informing you that you are so lucky that you have won an x amount of money and in order to claim the same you have to click on the link, provided in the mail by following some simple steps. Beware. This is how phishing takes place. This phishing example also gives you an overview of what you should never believe. In fact these kinds of mails are to be deleted at the first instance.

Phishing is an act of illegally procuring or trying to procure confidential financial information pertaining to Bank account (password) and/or Credit Card related detail of an individual or group of individuals. Phishing is usually done by creating look-alike web sites of Banks and Card issuing companies, where unsuspecting people are requested to enter or share their confidential data, through spam email requests. Historically, the origin of phishing dates back to the year 1995-1996.

A phishing website is a website which is especially designed to steal private information though it appears similar to an authorized site. These are also known as fake sites.

A number of wicked persons make use of phishing sites by set them as believable spoof of legal Web sites. They then try to trap you when you visit into these Web sites and reveal your private information, such your credit card number, PAN number etc.

Phishing is the act of criminally acquiring sensitive and confidential electronic information, usually of financial nature like bank account password information and/or credit card secret code information. Phishing scams are usually undertaken through emails or messages sent through the internet by a group of scamsters, often acting as representatives of the bank or card issuing organization. Users are caught in their trap if they respond to such emails or share and/or disclose confidential financial data.

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Phishing is giving sleepless nights to many. It is a form of identity theft where in you get fraud mails or you are advised to visit fraudulent sites and if you get in there trap they will try to extract your personal details that might include your credit card details or your banking details. It can prove to be very dangerous and leave you sulking for a lifetime.

The twitter is exploited by the phishers, scammers and spammers. In the earlier time when the concept of phishing was started the twitters only noticed it. Twitter has also published certain things that should be taken care to avoid falling in the phishing activity. Twitter phishing is defined as the attack of the sending mails to twitter account asking for personal information such as credit card number, account number, etc. There are two important terms that need to be known.