Definitions
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- noun A person who engages in
phishing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In reality, it was a "phisher," which is someone who sends messages trying to fool e-mailers into divulging passwords and other personal information.
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In reality, it was a "phisher," which is someone who sends messages trying to fool e-mailers into divulging passwords and other personal information.
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"phisher" sets up a look-alike website (of a bank, for example) and sends out legitimate looking emails to lure in victims.
WN.com - Articles related to UK police asks Internet cafes to monitor customers 2010
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"phisher" sets up a look-alike website (of a bank, for example) and sends out legitimate looking emails to lure in victims.
WN.com - Articles related to UK police asks Internet cafes to monitor customers 2010
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In those cases it would be possible for the phisher to send out direct messages on your behalf which could trick your followers.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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How long until a phisher knocks up a copy of the P2Plawsuit. com online settlement page and starts intimidating people into paying up?
Boing Boing 2007
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You could get this from an email or from visiting websites which are often phisher sites made to look like the real thing.
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That way if a phisher hacked your site (happened to me) and then spammed everyone a fake bank link that goes there it will stop it immediately
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Classic 80’s games over-exposed. 2007
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Did the couple accidentally give their data to a phisher?
Robert Siciliano: Couple's Online Bank Account Hacked, Leading to Identity Theft 2009
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This is the text message some spammer/phisher sent to my cell phone today.
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