The email, distributed en-masse to Westpac bank customers, represents the latest example of "phishing scams," designed to catch the unwary and fool them into divulging their online banking security details.
Around 92 million people in the US are thought to have received a phishing email over the past year - and a staggering 30 million have fallen for such a scam, according to a survey to be published by Gartner on Thursday.
That way, members can be sure to avoid spam in disguise or phishing scams designed to lure people to a fake eBay website in order to capture credit card numbers or other personal information. But the financial threat of phishing scams has yet to...
It may seem incredible to those who know to be wary of any solicitation for personal details over email, but consumers are still falling for phishing scams in their droves. One of the greatest reasons consumers fall for phishing scams is because...
An unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer could aid fraudsters in pulling off phishing scams, experts have warned. This tactic could be used in phishing scams that attempt to trick people into believing they are on a legitimate site, when in...
The coloured address bar, a new weapon in the fight against phishing scams, is meant as a sign that a site can be trusted, giving web surfers the green light to carry out transactions there. Microsoft has quietly flipped the switch on a new feature...