Archive for September, 2009

Credit card phishing is an activity which involves hacking of a third person’s credit card information. With the number of internet users increasing day by day, new techniques have also evolved to hack their identity to gain some illegal benefits. Internet offers several advantages which benefits it’s users in many ways. It imposes an equal threat too when it involves credit cards, for example, in making online transactions.

Phishing is defined as the activity of stealing one’s account through the fraudulent acts. The main aim is to know the personal information of the people and hack their account. The phishing starts with a mail or a telephone call telling that they are calling from a particular bank and they wish to know the security code or other personal information of the credit card user.

This modern world is full of internet applications and they have lots of advantages and disadvantages associated with them. Phishing is a form of fraudulent activity in which the thieves get to know your personal security details through internet and use that to get money or use your money. This fraud may take place in the phone or through e – mail. Though the internet security has increased nowadays, it is an acceptable fact that there are a number of cyber crimes that make the innocent people to lose money.

Phishing is a way of stealing an individual’s personal information and use that information to steal money from their account. Nowadays, there is an alarming rise in the number of fraudulent activities. Though many activities are carried out against it but phishing still remains a major fraudulent activity as the criminals are also becoming equally clever. Though there are many       anti–phishing groups, laws and many technological developments which tell us about the different phishing techniques, there is a need to create widespread awareness about the phishing techniques and how to prevent it.

Here is a Phishing email that my wife got from Suntrust bank. Its a beauty!