You can read a quick definition of phishing on our Identity Theft Terms to Know page. Let’s talk about phishing in detail today because it’s one of the identity scams almost everyone’s encountered.

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Social engineering is an old term that computer hackers have been using since at least the 1980s. It can be reduced to a simple adage: “If you can’t hack the computer, hack the user.” In other words, social engineering is the art of stealing electronic information through non-technical means, using deception to gain access to the desired data.

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