No, that is not a mis-spelling. Phishing is what the bad guys and gals do. They put out some bait in the form of an email and reel in the suckers. Yes my friends, you too can fall victim to these creeps.
It looks honest enough that most people don’t even give it a second guess. They create the most beautiful bait by stealing the art (graphics) from a real bank’s web site. They then stitch together a beautiful email that you need to “check something” or “update your information”. Why they even include a link right in the email that you “just have to ‘click here’ to update your profile”, or some other inane thing.
When you click on the link, you are taken to the phisher’s website that just happens to look like your bank’s/store’s/credit card/etc. Once again, they have built a phony website that looks just like the real thing. They even have the ability to take your username and password (that you have now given them) and actually enter that on the REAL website, so that you don’t even know that you have been phished.
What brought this on you ask? Well, I got two request with a subject “IMPORTANT – Customer Service Message”. They looked just like the real thing that the bank sends me once a month to tell me that my “Online Statement” is ready. Very good counterfeiting! The clue though was when I ran my cursor over their link, and my mail program showed that the link with to some really weird location – like “Hepjingle.com”.
Sent those emails to the fraud department at the bank – like right now.
Reminds me of people who distort the Gospel message – it looks and sounds good. Just remember, the test is in the Word. That means that you have to read it. I know – it’s so much easier just to listen to somebody’s ideas and go along with them. Check it out – truth is truth.