Whats “phishing?
Phishing is a type of confidence scam that uses deception to acquire sensitive personal information such as passwords and credit card details. Phishers frequently masquerade in an official-looking email, IM, etc. as someone trustworthy with a legitimate need for such information. The purpose of a phishing attack is to fool you into handing your personal information over to the attacker. Legitimate organizations never ask for personal information (social security number, credit card numbers) over e-mail, IM or any such format. If anything, they’ll call you over the telephone, or ask you to come into their offices. If a stranger asks you for your social security number or credit card number in an e-mail, instant message, or in a web page, don’t give it to them. It’s most likely a scam.
Phishing scammers send fraudulent messages to a large number of people to try to trick them into revealing private information, like a password. An email or website may be disguised to appear legitimate. It can be difficult to recognize a spoofed email as they may look very convincing or appear to come from a Twitter email address. You can check the headers of an email to find out more about the source of the message, and you should be suspicious of new or unexpected emails. Twitter doesn’t send emails that request your password or ask you to download an attachment.
