Fraudsters and scammers are finding increasingly devious ways of stealing financial and other confidential information. Anything they can learn about online credentials can seriously undermine an organization's profile, bring considerable risk to its reputation, and incur legal liability. This paper describes the online fraud of phishing, looks at other methods it has spawned, and gives advice on how organizations can prevent the theft of their identity.
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