Phishing Scams - A comprehensive Guide from Message Labs

Message Labs provides a comprehensive virus and spam filtering service used by many companies to prevent unwanted documents from reaching corporate email systems.  In their November 2004 newsletter, they offer one of the comprehensive writeups on this subject, I've seen.  This provides excellent security awareness on this method of attack that is now a common threat in email messages or hostile web sites.

Comprehensive Article on Phishing

TOPICS COVERED

 Introduction
 Basics of phishing technique
 Theme and variations
 Who falls for the scam?
 Some other telling statistics
 So who picks up the bill?
 From crude con to sophisticated scam
 Virus wars
 The brand profile
 More recent developments
 The money-laundering scam