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  • 25-03-2004 8:31pm
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    wild_eyed
    Registered Users Posts: 986 ✭✭✭


    mistaking a rogue website for a real one, what is this called?


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    #2
    spongebob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭spongebob


    phishing


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    #3
    tomk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭tomk


    <pedant>
    Actually, phishing is creating a "rogue" website that looks like a real one.
    </pedant>

    Mistaking the rogue for the real thing is called "being duped".:D


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Does phishing also cover when people setup websites that are one typo away from the real one ?


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    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Masquerading?


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    nosmo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭nosmo


    To the best of my knowledge, Phishing is what happens when someone does it by email, pretending to be from a bank the user might be a member of or somesuch


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    The dodgy website would certainly be guilty of passing off

    (yes, "passing off" is a legal term, bite me)

    If they're guilty of soliciting funds via a dodgy website pretending to be someone else they'd be guilty of straightforward fraud as well.


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