Don’t get hooked

The term “phishing” is a term used to define the illegal procurement of personal information from internet users through the use of misleading and false pretenses – much like actual fishing, where fish are baited with a worm attached to a hook, that once they bite, can never free themselves of.

Phishing is a real threat to internet users all around the world, where more and more people are accepting the normality of transacting business and exchanging personal information on the world wide web. Phishing sites and scams are really designed to bait the unsuspecting user into filling out forms and sharing sensitive information that phishers use for their own personal benefit. So in every transaction in the net, it is always best for you to pause a bit and assess whether a particular site, offer, or person is legit.