phishing scams
Fraudulent email schemes
Phishing scams are fraudulent schemes that use deceptive emails, websites, or messages to trick people into revealing sensitive information like passwords, credit card numbers, or social security numbers.
The perpetrators typically impersonate legitimate organizations—banks, government agencies, or well-known companies—creating urgent scenarios that pressure victims to act quickly without thinking.
I almost fell for a phishing scam that looked exactly like my bank's website.
The "ph" spelling nods to earlier phone-based fraud and hacker spelling conventions.
- pretextingDeceptive identity manipulation
- smishingSMS-based identity theft
- ransomwareHostage-taking code
- identity theftStealing personal data criminally
- baitingDeliberately trying to provoke
Nigerian prince · too good to be true · spyware · malware · impersonation · urgent · whaling · keyloggers · hacking · credit card fraud · scare tactics · spoofed email · social engineering · firewalls · fake · viruses · antivirus software · bank
- cyberscamsonline scams, scams, email spoofing, smishing, vishing
- Internet Folkloreinternet memes, creepypasta, copypasta, rickroll, rickrolling
- mail crimesmail fraud, postal fraud, mail theft, mail tampering, postal theft
- tax issuesback taxes, tax lien, tax levy, tax fraud, IRS notice
phishing scamsemail security
Safeguarding electronic correspondence
spam filters · multi-factor authentication · security software · threat detection
phishing scamstwo-factor authentication
Identity confirmation requiring two proofs