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SurfControl Reminds Companies to be on Guard Against New ''Brand Spoofing'' Spams That Threaten E-Mail Users; SurfControl Sees Jump in Brand Spoof Spams Since March Involving Trusted, Branded Companies; Brand Spoof Spam Steals Personal Financial Information or Identity From Users.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 08-JUL-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SurfControl (LONDON: SRF) (EUROPE: SRFC) , the world's number one Web and e-mail filtering company, today warned companies to take extra security precautions against "brand spoofing spam," a growing and dangerous type of spam that seeks to defraud e-mail users.

Brand spoofing involves a spammer sending fraudulent email that pretends to be from a well-known and trusted company. The spammer, posing as a customer service or security official, directs the unsuspecting recipient of the spam to a phony Web site. The site then requests confidential financial information or a Social Security number that allows the spammer to commit fraud or identity theft.

Over the last few months, well-known companies who have been "brand spoofed" include Best Buy, UPS, Bank of America, PayPal and First Union Bank. Overseas, according to SurfControl's global research team, four large Australian banks also have been brand spoofed, including the Commonwealth Bank of...

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