Velká Británie a phishing
04.05.2005Survey: One in two UK Internet users have received emails that attempt to defraud them - and a worrying number say they have lost money from rogue diallers, 419 emails or phishing scams.
Research carried out by YouGov found that 48 percent of 2,000 Internet users surveyed had received emails aimed at tricking them into revealing bank account details. Five percent of those surveyed said they had lost money to scams, such as rogue diallers, 419 scams — which claim to offer the recipient the chance to share a large amount of cash, in exchange for their bank details and often a 'handling fee' — and identity theft emails, also known as phishing scams.
Zdroj: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39196998,00.htmAutor: JP