A type of email fraud where the perpetrator sends out legitimate-looking email that appears to come from well-known or trustworthy website.  It's an attempt to gather personal and/or financial information from the email recipient.

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Debt Settlement Scams

Many debt settlement firms advertise that they will negotiate for you or wipe out your credit card debt.  Some of these companies require you to pay thousands of dollars up front, and you get ZIP!  A Safer Credit Plan:

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Common threats
Most users ignore security certificates

Warnings of invalid security certificates for websites can mean that there is a technical problem with the site or that the web user is being directed to a fake website.  A lab study showed that 55-100% of surfers simply ignored the warnings and continued to browse,  even when visiting important sites like banks!

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Social networking -

Participating in an online community where people can build profiles to keep in touch with others and share interests, photographs, and snippets of their daily lives.

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