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rogue websites

wild_eyed · 2004-03-25 19:31:43

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

25-03-2004 7:31pm

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

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#2 25-03-2004 8:17pm

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phishing

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#3 26-03-2004 10:20am

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<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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#4 26-03-2004 1:41pm

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

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#5 26-03-2004 2:12pm

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Masquerading?

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#6 27-03-2004 9:19pm

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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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#7 28-03-2004 6:33pm

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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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