Consumer Advocate: Anti-Phishing Working Group

As a part of our participation in National Consumer Protection Week, CreditBloggers.com is recognizing several outstanding consumer advocacy organizations and individuals. One such organization is the Anti-Phishing Working Group. This organization tracks and investigates email phishing attacks. With over 2,000 members, including top banking and internet companies, this website keeps close tabs on phishing crimes across the globe.

Want to know if that highly convincing survey email from Citizens Bank is real? Check their archive! This detailed listing of recent phishing campaigns includes images and explanations of why it is a scam. Some of these phishing emails and pharming websites look so authentic it's hard to believe that they are actually fakes.

Even if you haven't received a suspicious email lately, check out this website for tips on how to spot phishing emails, a live map of phishing around the world and reports on the prevalence of these crimes. You can even report a suspicious email to the Anti-Phishing Working Group online.