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If you think you won something, you didn’t
February 18th, 2009 by editor
Have you ever heard of the online phonomenon (more ILLEGAL activity actually) of “Phishing“?
“Phishing” refers to the illegal collection and procurement of people’s private and sensitive information like passwords and credit card numbers – illegal, because of the way it is procured.
Phishing is done primarily through data entered into forms by unsuspecting individuals. It starts of quite innocently – you receive an unsolicited email informing you that you won or are entitled to a certain amount of money (although you did non join any contest or know the person who’s supposedly sending you money). All you have to is go to a website and fill out an online form. This in turn, becomes the gateway for which phishers digitally “fish” your information for their personal use.
So to be safe, steer clear of promos or offers that seem too good to be true, because chances are, they are.