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

What is "Spear Phishing"?

Friday July 3, 2009
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) 

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