Online phishing happens when a scam message in your internet suggest something into validating your information records in your bank, your affiliate financier, passwords, stating the urgency of the need to update records. Sounds a very valid source but a lot more of a scam message, with the intention of stealing credit lines from your financing sources. We see and hear about report of huge amounts of personal information being stolen by identity number thieves. The numbers being stolen include veteran number, social security number and credit card number. Identity number thefts are one of the most controversial topics in this day and age of computers, emails and the Internet. You ll need a series of contact files, actual conversations and written messages, discussions at the agency, dates, and witnesses, if there are any. Original copies of all documentations should be included in your files. Send out to any office or person concerned photocopies only. A summary of what happened should be included in the report. Notorious criminals gaining control over important data of checking accounts, credit cards, social security, telephone numbers, passwords to either website or bank accounts, certainly will create havoc. Aside from using influence over one s name thru purported deceptions, he will continue committing bad actions under one s name to destroy long-established good reputation. With today s technology and the growing sophistication of the world wide web, hackers and con artists are now living in a world that used to only exist in the pages of a science fiction book or a scene in a suspense-thriller movie. This can be a major problem for anyone because not only will you have to worry about your personal properties like credit cards and bank accounts, you also have to think about the fact that someone else is using your name and your reputation to do god-knows what. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), phishers send an email or pop-up message that claims to be from a business or organization that you deal with --- for example, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), bank, online payment service, or even a government agency. The message usually says that you need to "update" or "validate" your account information.