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1 in 4 internet users hit by phishing mails

WASHINGTON - About one in four Internet users is hit with e-mail scams every month that try to lure sensitive personal information from unsuspecting consumers, a study says.

Of those receiving the phony e-mails, most thought they might be from legitimate companies — seven in 10, or 70 percent, were fooled by the e-mails, said the report.

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About half of the 500 or so emails caught in my spam trap were from various "banks" asking for account details/update/you know the sort of thing.

A lot were purported to be from US banks but others from well known UK organisations and I can see why people might be taken in by them as they look quite realistic.

I make a point of not using Internet banking. I much prefer the old fashioned way. I must be a good customer as well as I've been given the direct number of my local branch rather than an 0845 one that connects to the interrogation department.

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I started to average over a hundred spam e-mails per day including phishing, my mail address was [email protected]. It was easy for auto diallers to hit upon this. It took a couple of minutes to change my e-mail address to a nonsense one that is easy for me to remember. I doubt very much whether I have had more that two or three spam messages since, as it is very unlikely that auto diallers will hit upon my address. It's well worth the bother. When I register for anything on line I use a Hotmail address.

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I make a point of not using Internet banking. I much prefer the old fashioned way.

I like the convenience of internet banking and I have had an internet account for nearly 5 years and I have not had a single phishing e-mail yet!

I would ignore them anyway.

I, too, use internet banking completely for all my finances and would nowadays find it difficult to manage without.

Before I changed to broadband and changed my ISP and e-mail address, I used to get phishing e-mails among the dozens of spam each day. I obeyed the simple rule of ignoring all such e-mails and logging on properly to the bank/building society's secure site.

Since changing to broadband with a different ISP and e-mail address, I have been left alone, no viagra adverts, no Nigerian scams etc. Long may it continue.

Thos. :)

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Since changing to broadband with a different ISP and e-mail address, I have been left alone, no viagra adverts, no Nigerian scams etc. Long may it continue.

Thos. :)

Just confirms what I said above. Change your address to a nonsense one.

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