Phisher

What is a Phisher?

A phisher is a cyber criminal that steals your identity. It hacks into your personal accounts and look for information like your back account name and password.

How did I get infected?

Phishers can pose as a bank staff requesting that you send your password to the bank.

They’re commonly passed around through email of instant messaging. They would send messages to you telling you to go to a fake website.

Fake websites can be identified from their ending extensions. A .com, .net, or .org is fine. However, a website ending in a number and/or foreign country like Bermuda (.bm) Czech Republic (.cz) or Russia (.ru) is a fake website.

What can I do to get rid of them?

The best way to prevent a Phisher is to always know that the website that you are clicking on is a fraud or not.

Works Cited :

, Frank. “Criminal_websites_5_07.pdf (application/pdf Object).” 9 Dec 2008 <http://www.beyondtechnology.net/PDF/Criminal_websites_5_07.pdf>.

“Phishing – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” 9 Dec 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phisher>.