For the past week or so I have ran some tests to see how well phishing works on regular, non-tech geeks. It appears that a lot of people actually fall for phishing, even when the URL of the phishing site is totally different to that of what the ‘phisher’ trying to mimic. So far roughly 5 of my friend’s mates have fallen for phishing.
For those of you that don’t really know what phishing is, here’s a screen shot of the phishing site: (click for full size)
I just wanted to tell people that looks may be deceiving and not to always trust sites that say that they’ll give you something for free, such as emoticons or display pictures.
Nothing is free…
