An Introduction To Phishing Scams

By Uchenna Ani-Okoye http://www.adonepublishing.com/articles/17869/1/An-Introduction-To-Phishing-Scams/Page1.html

If you frequently surf the net, purchase products or services over the net or use any of the numerous financial services readily available by your credit card company, Paypal, Bank and/or eBay, then you should be aware of Phishing scams and how they can affect you.

Phishing scams are when criminals or hackers mask themselves as legitimate companies in order to steal sensitive information from people such as, social security numbers, credit card numbers etc to commit fraud. Phishing scams are very common on the internet and can affect literally anyone. Here I will present to you some tips that you can deploy to easily spot Phishing scams and what to do if you feel your personal information has been compromised.

How to spot those Phishing scams.........