1. Phishing

2. Phishing
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Phishing is an e-mail fraud method in which the perpetrator sends
out legitimate-looking email in an attempt to gather personal and
financial information from recipients. Typically, the messages
appear to come from well known and trustworthy Web sites. Web
sites that are frequently spoofed by phishers include PayPal, eBay,
MSN, Yahoo, BestBuy, and America Online.

3. Examples

4. What could happen if you logged
into that fake facebook website?
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Identity theft
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Hacking
Using the details entered, a fraudster (someone who commits fraud)
can try to steal money from you.

5. Example two

6. Prevention- control mechanisms
On the internet, there are a few ways to protect the user from a
dangerous website. Such asCertification-
security certification is a mechanism used a lot by
websites where websites provide genuine verification certificates.

7. An example of security certification

8. Control mechanisms continued…
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Https: - where some websites begin with addresses such as https
instead of the usual http which means that websites that begin as
https:// are secure.