Welcome to APWG & CMU's Phishing Education Landing Page


	WARNING! The web page you tried to visit might have been trying to steal your personal information. That page was removed after being identified as a "phishing" web page. A phishing web page tricks people out of bank account information, passwords and other confidential information.

How You Were Tricked

	This email is from my bank. It asks me to update my information. I better click on the link and update it.

STOP!

Don't fall for scam email.

My Inbox

From: service@Wombank.com

Dear Jane, Your account will be suspended if you do not update your information.

http://www.Wombank.com/update

How to Help Protect Yourself

Don't trust links in an email.

DANGER!

http://www.amazon.com/update

Never give out personal information upon email request.

DANGER!

Name: Jane Smith

Credit Card: 1234 5678 9101 1213

Look carefully at the web address.

Type in the real website address into a web browser.

Don't call company phone numbers in emails or instant messages. Check a reliable source such as a phone book or credit card statement.

	Credit Card Statement
		For Customer Service call:1-800 xxx-xxx

Don't open unexpected email attachments or instant message download links.

My Inbox
Here is the updated document. attachment

How Phishers Trick You Into Giving Out Personal Information

My Inbox

From: service@Wombank.com

Dear Jane, Your account will be suspended if you do not update your information.

http://www.Wombank.com/update


	He forges email addresses to look genuine
	He provokes the computer user with an urgent request
	He adds links that appear to connect to a real bank but bring users to the phisher's counterfeit site - to take their information and money

How You Can Help

	Should I report this suspicious email?

This one was already reported. You are safe. But please tell your friends what you learned here.

For additional information, please visit APWG's resources page at
https://apwg.org/resources/

Legal Disclaimer

PLEASE NOTE:The APWG, Carnegie Mellon University, and any cooperating service providers have provided this message as a public service, based upon information that the URL you were seeking has been involved in a phishing or malware exploit. There is no guarantee that you have not been phished or exposed to malware from this URL you were seeking, or previously. This is not a complete list of steps that may be taken to avoid harm from phishing, and we offer no warranty as to the completeness, accuracy or pertinence of this advisory with respect to the page you attempted to access. Please see https://www.apwg.org for more information. The PhishGuru goldfish character is a trademark of Wombat Security Technologies, Inc.

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