Pharming - Another New Scam
Pharming is one of the latest online scams and rapidly growing threat that has been popping up lately on the Internet. It's another way for criminals to try to get into your computer so they can steal your personal data.
Phishing and pharming are related online scams but pharming is much more sophisticated. Phishing scams involve sending you bogus e-mails that appear to be from a bank or another online business.
They want you to enter your password and account number. Once they get your sensitive personal data they help themselves to your money.
The new pharming scam is similar to phishing scams but with a new twist. The pharming scam works by redirecting your Internet browser.
A computer user types in a legitimate website address into a web browser but is redirected without their knowledge to a bogus site that looks identical to the genuine site.
Once a user logs in with their login name and password, the information is immediately captured by the con artist. The real danger of the new pharming scam is that you no longer have to click an email link for your personal information to be stolen.
To avoid becoming a new victim of the new pharming scam here is a list of recommendations that you can use.
New security measures must continually be added to the Internet as criminals probe for any weakness they can capitalize on. It's important to be aware of the latest online pharming scam to avoid becoming a victim of this new threat.
