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''Cybercrime''
1. Ratio analysis.


Phishing is an email-based fraud.
2. ''Law''.  
 
Abbreviation for Ratio decidendi.
 
The fraudsters send emails purporting to be from reputable companies or other legitimate sources, in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.


== See also ==
* [[Ratio analysis]]
* [[Ratio decidendi]]


The name 'phishing' is a grim joke variant on 'fishing'.
== See also ==
* [[BEC]]
* [[Cybercrime]]
* [[Cybercrime – A Threat And An Opportunity]]
* [[Hacktivist]]
* [[Internet]]
* [[Spear phishing]]
* [[Spoofing]]

Revision as of 14:20, 23 October 2012

1. Ratio analysis.

2. Law. Abbreviation for Ratio decidendi.

See also