Internet Safety: Other Internet Threats

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Phishing
   1. How Phishing Works
   2. Phishing Scam
   3. Phishing examples: Egg
   4. Phishing Example: Nationwide
   5. Phishing Example: Barclays
   6. Phishing Example: PayPal
   7. Defending Yourself Against Phishing
   8. Phishing Quiz
3. Identity Theft
4. Hoaxes
5. Ransomware
6. Hackers
7. Cyberbullying
8. Internet Grooming

Phishing Example: PayPal

This example is supposedly from online payments service, PayPal. Again, note the anonymous greeting, and the careless display of the an HTML control (&nbsp) character near the bottom of the page. In a display of real cheek, the link to PayPal's Privacy Policy and User Agreement (at the bottom of the screen) is genuine!

PayPal are obviously sufficiently concerned about Phishing that they've provided their own page on Fraudulent E-mails.

Next: Defending Yourself Against Phishing