New Sophistication in Phishing Scams
    
   
  
  
  
  London, UK - 13 January 2004, 15:30 GMT - Just as internet users are 
    becoming accustomed to spotting online "phishing" scams, there is 
    a new twist in the financial frauds tale. In early 2003, phishing scams were 
    crudely implemented and easy to notice because the URL or domain name used 
    for perpetrating the crime was never quite the same as the genuine internet 
    site it was mimicking. For example, www.genuinebank.com would be www.genuine-bank1.com 
    or other minor variations. 
  
  
  
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