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Phishers Hijack Search Engine Results

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[Submitted by MickC of Whizardries.com]

You knew it had to happen. The scammers and criminals who are behind the phishing schemes that you get in your e-mail could never be satisfied with only fooling you into clicking on that link in your e-mail.

Now they want to use your favorite legitimate sites against you. That’s right friends, Google and Yahoo! may no longer be your friends.

According to a C|Net News article on Wednesday some phishers are creating sites that appear to be legitimate e-commerce sites and waiting for the hits to roll in, not from electronic mail, but from search engines. That’s right, search engines… [Continued]

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