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New phishing scam is more sophisticated than past efforts

September 23, 2004

eWeek: A phishing scam that appeared Sept. 23 claiming to help protect consumers against card fraud and identity theft has experts worried about the increasing skill and creativity of online scammers. The scam claims that the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.) has created a new program to track suspicious activity on accounts linked to consumers' ATM, debit and check cards. The e-mail message, which directs recipients to a spoofed Web site that anti-phishing experts say is located in China, looks far more authentic than most previous phishing efforts.