Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Top 10 Targets of Phishing Websites

Phishing is an e-mail fraud method in which the perpetrator sends out legitimate-looking email in an attempt to gather personal and financial information from recipients. Typically, the messages appear to come from well known and trustworthy Web sites. Web sites that are frequently spoofed by phishers

These sites were pursued most often by scammers.
 
1. PayPal — 45.9%

2. Facebook — 5.3%

3. HSBC Group — 4.1%

4. World of Warcraft — 3.2%

5. Internal Revenue Service — 3%

6. Bradesco — 1.9%

7. Orkut — 1.7%

8. Sulake Corporation — 1.5 %

9. Steam — 1.2%

10. Tibia — 1%

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