What is ‘Spear Phishing’?

It is the most evolved form of identity theft. Using the con techniques of regular “phishing”, a spear phisherman will also use tidbits of your real information to make his deception offers that much more convincing. By using these tailored and customized attacks against specific individuals, con men get access to people’s bank and financial information. Don’t get scammed by spear phisherman, read more about their nasty game here…(photo by Science Faction / Getty Images) 
What is ‘Spear Phishing’? originally appeared on About.com Internet for Beginners on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 00:53:43.
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