Beware of Phishing scams

Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security number, passwords, or other sensitive information.

Phishing scams are a form of online crime in which spam is used to direct Internet users to websites controlled by the thieves, but designed to look like legitimate e-commerce sites. Users are asked to provide sensitive information such as a password, social security number, bank account or credit card number, often under the guise of updating account information.

Financial services companies continued to be the primary target of the scams, and Citibank customers were the most frequent target.

Taken from :
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1801

To know how to prevent from Phishing scams check this : How Not to Get Hooked by a ‘Phishing’ Scam