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Tearoa receives an email from their work supervisor requesting that they transfer $20,000 to a particular bank account. Tearoa is suspicious of the email. This is potentially an example of:

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Tearoa receives an email from their work supervisor requesting that they transfer $20,000 to a particular bank account. Tearoa is suspicious of the email. This is potentially an example of:

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This is potentially an example of a phishing scam. Phishing is a type of online scam where criminals send an email that appears to be from a legitimate company and ask you to provide sensitive information. This is usually done by including a link that will appear to take you to the company’s website to fill in your information – but the website is a clever fake and the information you provide goes straight to the crooks behind the scam.

The term 'Phishing' is a spin on the word fishing, because criminals are dangling a fake 'lure' (the email that looks legitimate, as well as the website that looks legitimate) hoping users will 'bite' by providing the information the criminals have requested – such as credit card numbers, account numbers, passwords, usernames etc.

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