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How does phone phreaking work?
The practice of 'phone phreaking' began in the the 1950's. A phone phreak is one who loves the phone system and would often use the system in illegal ways, hence, 'phone phreaking.'
Why is phishing spelled like this and not fishing?
Phishing is a portmanteau of "phreaking and fishing". "Phreaking", another kind of scam, is in turn a portmanteau of "phone" and "freaking".
Why is phreaking is a crime?
Phreaking is a crime because phreakers are obtaining the services of a pay phone without paying for them. They are essentially stealing service from phone companies.
What does P H stand for in phishing?
"Phishing" as a term meaning to attempt to fraudulently obtain information over the Internet was first noted in 1996. The PH doesn't stand for anything, but the word may derive from a combination of "fishing"; from the idea of supplying a "baited" email and "phreaking". "Phreaking" was a combination of "phone" and "freak" and was the attempt to use tones to control the early long distance calls from the subscribers phone.
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter H and 4th letter E and 6th letter K and 7th letter I?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern -H-E-KI--. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter H and 4th letter E and 6th letter K and 7th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: phreaking shreeking shreiking
What are some nine letter words with 1st letter P and 4th letter E and 5th letter A and 8th letter N?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern P--EA--N-. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter P and 4th letter E and 5th letter A and 8th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: pasearing phreaking poleaxing
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter H and 3rd letter R and 6th letter K and 8th letter N?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern -HR--K-N-. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter H and 3rd letter R and 6th letter K and 8th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: phreaking shreeking shreiking shrieking shrinking
What are some nine letter words with 1st letter P and 4th letter E and 8th letter N?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 21 words with the pattern P--E---N-. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter P and 4th letter E and 8th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: paleocene paleogene panelling panettone panettoni parenting pasearing patenting peneplane penetrant peregrine peregrins phlegmons phreaking pigeoning pimentons pipestone pipetting poleaxing priesting pubescent
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter H and 4th letter E and 8th letter N?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 25 words with the pattern -H-E---N-. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter H and 4th letter E and 8th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: cheekbone chiefling phlegmons phreaking rhoeadine shielding shlepping shoehorns shoeshine shredding shreeking shreiking threading threaping threatens threating threeping threonine threshing wheeching wheedling wheenging wheepling wheeshing wheezling
Don’t Get Smished?
When I can I try to let you know about financial scams. We all work too hard for our money to have somebody come along and con us out of it. There’s a new scam in town, maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s called Smishing. (Smishing is a portmanteau comprised of phishing and SMS. Phishing, it should be noted is also a portmanteau of phreaking and fishing. And, yep, phreaking is a portmanteau also. Technology is killing language, but that’s a bit off topic isn’t it?)The way smishing works is you check your cell phone and find a text message letting you know that you’ve won something. A big tactic is to tell people they’ve won a Wal-Mart gift card. The catch is you just have to log onto a website they give you and fill in some personal information in order to claim your prize. The website is bogus, of course, and the personal information is used to steal your identity and if possible your money.So what should you receive one of these messages? First and foremost, do not follow the instructions in the message. However they instruct you to provide it, they’re after your personal information. Secondly, if you want to try to stop these criminals from spreading their felonious messages to unsuspecting innocents you can forward the message to 7726 (That spells SPAM on a phone keypad.). That number has been set up by the major cell phone carriers so that they can be alerted to and follow up on reports of spam via SMS messaging.If you’ve actually followed the instructions in one of these messages and disclosed your personal and financial information you will need to take immediate action to stop the criminals from destroying your credit, stealing your identity, and/or taking off with bags full of your cash. You should call the Federal Trade Commision at (877) 382-4357 – they should be able to get you started in fighting this crime. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to contact the three major credit bureaus also and alert them to the crime.
What are some nine letter words with 3rd letter R and 4th letter E and 8th letter N?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 84 words with the pattern --RE---N-. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter R and 4th letter E and 8th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are: adreading agreement arreeding arrestant arresting aurelians aureoling bereaving careening careering caressing curetting directing egressing firebrand firestone foreanent foredoing forefront foregoing forelying foremeans foremeant forenoons foreplans forepoint foreshank foreskins forespend forespent forestine foresting forethink forewarns gorehound horehound koreroing merestone parenting peregrine peregrins phreaking rarefying rereading rerenting screaking screaming screeding screening screeting screeving shredding shreeking shreiking sirenians spreading spreazing spredding spreezing streaking streaming streeking streeling streeting stressing strewment suretying terebrant threading threaping threatens threating threeping threonine threshing unreasons unreaving unreeling unreeving unreining unresting uprearing vireonine virescent
What does phish stand for?
phishing is an internet scam method, often done by contacting someone, pretending to be from a credit card co, saying updated info is required. when the person goes to the website supplied, it is often a carbon copy of the real credit card website. when the unsuspecting person enters their account number and pin number, they have actually given up all the info required for the scammers to access and use the credit card. The term has a combined history. "Fishing" is, besides the hunt for actual fish, a means of hunting anything you want -- including private information belonging to others. When the so-called "hacker" movement started, the original target before computers was the telephone system. As opposed to the formal, button-down look and approach of the then Ma Bell employees, Phone freaks were often kids, known for their lack of formality. After a time, the term "phone freak" evolved into "Phreak". Since them, electronic or telecommunications techniques that fall into illegitimate usage and start with the letter "F" often see that "F" replaced with a "Ph". Hence, Phreaking, Phishing, Pharming, etc.
