最近網路上有一個很熱門的詐騙手段叫 “Phishing”, 它的發音和『釣魚』的 Fishing 是一模一樣的。如果你還沒有聽過這個名詞的話, 以下是一段我從網路上剪下來的一段關於 “Phishing” 的定義與解釋。

Phishing is the term coined by Internet scammers who imitate legitimate companies in e-mails to entice people to share user names, passwords, account information or credit-card numbers. The term Phishing comes from the fact that Internet scammers are using increasingly sophisticated lures as they “fish” for users’ private information. The most common ploy is to copy the look and feel of a web page from a major site and use that design to set up a nearly identical page that appears to be part of the company’s site.

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