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Teresa Received an E-Mail Message Telling Her to Click on the Link

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Teresa received an e-mail message telling her to click on the link in the message to update her account profile at her bank.She did so,was taken to a website that looked like her bank's online banking website,and proceeded to enter all sorts of personal information such as her social security number,checking account number,and credit card numbers.However,this was not a legitimate site for her bank,but rather it was one designed to look like her bank site so thieves could obtain consumers' personal information to steal their identities.Unfortunately for Teresa,$3,000 was stolen from her bank account,and several purchases were made on her credit cards.This activity is known as ____.


A)  skimming 
B)  phishing 
C)  browsing 
D)  searching 
E)  podcasting

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