PHISHING: The Nonprofit Bait And Hook

NPAdivisors reports that those dastardly phisherpeople (no, not Trey and the boys , Marc) may have devolved to a new low by trying to sucker folks into donating to a phony United Way site. A closer read reveals this is not technically a phishing scam (no one was emailed and told to come to the site), but it is a scam nonetheless. Lessons learned: nonprofits should own all the popular extensions of their urls (.com, .org, .net) and keep tabs on any registered domains based on spelling variations (amesty.org or nacp.org). Read all about the United Way's brush with fraud at their website (the real one).

FYI...The tsunami tragedy brought a lot of phishing opportunists out from under the floorboards, so if you are looking for some good tips to avoid getting phished check out this release from Consumers Union.

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