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Scam Sensor for Outlook
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Version
1.0
Phishing is a modern plague of the Internet. Just last
year, phishing scams resulted in $500 million losses.
According to recent research, seventy percent of
Internet users have never heard of phishing or are not
even sure that it refers to e-mail scams which try to
trick users into divulging sensitive information.
So, what is phishing? Phishing is a type of fraud
aimed at stealing your identity or sensitive (usually
financial) information, such as service account
credentials, credit card numbers, passwords, social
security numbers, etc. It does this by convincing you
to provide the data by forging the information about
the real recipient of your data. You may receive an e-
mail that looks like it's been sent by your bank, but
instead your reply will go to the cheater and your
credit card number may be stolen and used without your
knowledge.
Unfortunately, it's not enough to set up anti-spam
filters to be protected from phishing e-mails. Usually
such e-mails mimic e-mails sent from legit services
and they pass anti-spam systems with ease. We offer
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