Stan loves collecting stamps. he receives an email that appears to come from a well-known stamp auction site asking him to reset his username and password. he clicks on the link and it takes him to a site that looks similar to the auction site, but the web address is "scrambled" and unreadable. he emails the customer service desk at the auction site and discovers they never sent the email. this scenario is an example of attempted

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Camryn Ortiz

30 April, 09:25

Stan loves collecting stamps. he receives an email that appears to come from a well-known stamp auction site asking him to reset his username and password. he clicks on the link and it takes him to a site that looks similar to the auction site, but the web address is "scrambled" and unreadable. he emails the customer service desk at the auction site and discovers they never sent the email. this scenario is an example of attempted

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Porter Wright · Answer 1

The scenario in which Stan receives an email that appears to come from a well-known stamp auction site but after he emails the customer service desk at the auction site and discovers they never sent the email is an example of attempted phishing. It is an attempt to obtain sensitive information such as passwords, names, credit card details, most often for malicious reasons.