What is Phishing and Spoofing?
Phishing is the act of defrauding customers of their personal or account information through online or electronic means. Spoofing is a method of Phishing, when an imitation email or Web site is used to fraudulently acquire information. Often people will receive fraudulent emails directing them to a Web site that appears to be legitimate, but is not. When this happens, customers enter these fraudulent Web sites where they are asked to “confirm” their account number and/or passwords.
