Anatomy of a Scam

Here's a particularly nice, illustrated, explanation of how a typical identity theft scam works. It starts with a fairly convincing looking email “from” e-bay, that directs you to a website that looks legit…but isn't. It harvests your data, and your life is never the same again.

I'm adding disLEXia: cybercrime/-security sightings to my monitoring list.

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