What you can learn from this ebook

Gone are the days when we had to step outside to purchase our groceries, book flights and vacations, rent or purchase cars, or just transfer money between bank accounts. Today, we can simply grab our checkbooks, debit cards or credit cards, sit down at a computer in the comfort and safety of our home, and complete these transactions with passwords and PIN numbers. Thanks to advances in technology, the types of transactions we can now complete online are virtually endless.

Unfortunately, the increase in online transactions has been accompanied by an increase in online identity theft. Fraudulent access to personal information over the Internet is increasingly prevalent and sophisticated. Two forms of identity theft are at the forefront of this Internet piracy: PHISHING and PHARMING.