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.

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.

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.

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.