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DV Hardware explain some of the techniques phishers use and how you can protect yourself against them.



Bob squinted at the email and began to read: Security Measures. A threat to suspend his account to prevent "fraudulent activity". The email went on to say that there were "procedural safeguards with federal regulations to protect the information you provide for us." Bob clicked the link and was confronted with an authentic looking logon page, just waiting for him to input his user name and password and confirm what ebay supposedly didn't know. He almost did it..
Howto protect yourself against phishing