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.

Online phishing is an online sinister activity. The same is also a criminal and punishable offence. In the united stated an Anti Phishing act was introduced in 2005. The act would have provisions for the Federal prosecutors to be fined up to $250,000. It would also have provisions for imprisonment of the accused up to 5yrs.  These were the efforts by the federal government to prevent phishing.

The IRS has issued a warning for the general public because of the increasing incidents of the phishing identity thefts. The warning is against using the IRS name or logo or both, by the scamsters to gain information and access to the secrets of people and their assets.

IRS notified people that they would never demand for personal information of people such as their user ids’, passwords, credit card details etc.

Talking of Internet, which everybody is using these days to do a lot of financial transactions, in our daily life as it’s the easiest way to get things done over the net, at the comfort of our homes and without having to stand in long queues and spending our time. But did you ever take out a minute to think how safe it is? Or, is it correct to put the details of your credit card, your SSN or your bank details in there?