This is disconcerting when we are up to 44 tips on how to protect ourselves from phishing and ID theft. I just received a new type of phishing attack the other day. It looked like an e-mail from eBay saying I had won an auction bid for a camera and it was time to pay. It looked awful official, but I had not bid on a camera. I’ll remember in the future to login to my eBay account before paying for an item in the future. Good tips from Digg.com posting below for individuals and businesses to protect themselves from phishers.
Digg.com posts, “Phishing costs businesses and consumers billions of dollars a year, even though only a small percentage of darts hit the target. Yes, even savvy Web users can get scammed. Here are 44 tips to make sure you don’t.”