Make Phishing History!

BadPhisher.com is an anti-phishing website with a mission to raise the awareness of phishing, what it is and most importantly, how to prevent it from happening to you. Throughout the site there are example screenshots of phishing attempts for the most frequenty phished websites. If you believe you have found a fraudulent website, you may Report Phishing Attempts Here. Our Forum is not online yet, but if you check back regularly it should be up soon.

Phishing Tips

  1. If you receive an email from a an established website with sensitive information that requests that you to 'login to your account' from the email, it is always a safer choice to open your browser and manually type in the URL.
  2. Financial Institutions and Credit Unions never ask their customers to login via email.
  3. Never give away any login or vital information to any website that asks for it. If it seems Phishy, then think twice about what you are about to do and Google the website.
  4. When logging into a website always check the web address before you submit your information. If it looks anything like this, 190.190.00.00, there is a 99% chance it is a phishing attempt. Also be weary when the web address is different than the web address that you think you are logging into. For example: 'Bank0fAmerica.com,' (that's a Zero) or 'rnyspace.com' (instead of an 'm' it is the two letters 'r' & 'n')
  5. Use a browser that has a system in place to protect you against Phishing. , Firefox will warn you if you are about to enter information into a reported phishing page.
  6. To protect yourself again identity theft look into an identity fraud protection plan for you and your family. One of the most reputable is LifeLock (they have a 1 million dollar guarantee)

What to do If You Have Been Phished

  1. Don't panic!
  2. Try to login to your account that you believe has been phished. If you can login then change your password as soon as possible. If you cannot login then immediately contact the website in question. If you have the option to give a subject use “My Account Has Been Phished!!!!!.”
  3. If your login information is the same as any other websites, it would not be a bad idea to change your other login information as well.
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