The Art of Phishing

Doesn't it make you feel all warm and secure when you see a graphic like this? It's good ol' NatWest Online Fraud Department protecting us, you think. Just click the SWITCH button to benefit from its new updated security technology. Wait! First view details of this e-mail. Its return-path is nobody@server.brainpulse.org and it was received from aamtain12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.35]. Sound anything like NatWest to you? Of course not. It's another phishing scam. According to a recent report from the House of Lords, the Internet is "the playground of criminals". Our insane government rejected that analysis! Members of the Corporate IT Forum have slammed Government's record on e-crime. Click the title link to read Rory Cellan-Jones' article for BBC News and to find some useful links on the subject.