Phishing & spam techniques
Despite the fact that phishing is receiving increasing amounts of media coverage, and people are more aware than ever of the threat, the phishing 'business' seems still to be very attractive for fraudsters, and new phishing tricks appear on a regular basis.
Here, we provide descriptions of common and emerging phishing and spam techniques seen in the wild.
A comprehensive listing of more spammers' techniques - including techniques dating back to 2003 - can be found in The Spammers' Compendium.
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