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By Paul Gil, About.com Guide to Internet for Beginners since 2004

"What Do Internet Scams Really Look Like?"

Wednesday October 4, 2006
You've probably heard about "phishing" con games. That's where dishonest-but-clever web publishers fool you into divulging your account and PIN passwords.  But how exactly do they scam people with this technique? Well, this is your chance to see what phishing looks like in a controlled environment. Here are 24 examples of phishing and online scams from 2006.  

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June 12, 2006 at 9:04 am
(1) Rusty says:

Ok so now I know what phishing looks like. Now what do I do about it? I get some of these and just deleat them, but how can we stop getting them altogether?

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