Beware of the Latest Phishing Scam--Bogus Bank Transfer

Crooks will try anything to separate people from their money and, with a liittle help from Mr. Greed, they occasionally succeed. The latest phishing scam involves an email telling the recipient target that a large sum of funds have been deposited in a bank account in their name. The scam then states that the target can tranfer it to their own account using the enclosed PIN number at a bank web site where the target is asked to enter their own bank information to make the transfer. The bank's site is bogus, of course. The scammer now has the target's banking info and cleans out their account. [Dana Baggett]