'˜Phishing' scams hook 8,000 people per month
Phishing - a cyberfraud technique which gains sensitive information by masquerading as a trustworthy communication - is ensnaring an average of 8,000 reported victims per month.
The data from Action Fraud and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau shows that nearly 100,000 people reported phishing scams last year.
Phishing involves the attempt to acquire sensitive information - for example usernames, passwords and credit card details - or steal money, by masquerading as a trusted source in an official-seeming electronic communication such as email, pop-up message, phone call or text message.
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