Pharming

A pharming scam is where a poison program introduced to the main website, which will automatically redirect you to a false front website to gain personal information. What makes this such a terrible scam is that most common users would not recognize the redirection to a false front website. There has been many articles addressing the pharming issue but yet it continues to happen all to frequently. Users must be aware of these scams and realize that any legitimate account would not ask for the same personal information that they already have.