Phishing

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2014

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Rob is deleting some emails. He won't take the bait sent in by criminals!

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.1	To find out more, visit our website.
0:05.6	The English we speak.
0:08.9	From BBC learning English.
0:11.0	com. Learning English. dot com. Delete.
0:15.0	Delete.
0:17.0	delete.
0:18.0	Oh Rob, why are you so annoyed?
0:21.0	And what are you deleting? Can't you see Faye Faye? I'm checking and
0:26.4	deleting my emails and all this fishing. I thought you liked fishing Rob you always show us pictures of all the big fish you've caught
0:36.5	No fishing with an F is good but fishing with a pH is not So you're deleting all the pH's,
0:45.3	or the spelling mistakes?
0:47.0	It's not a spelling mistake.
0:48.6	Fishing, with a pH, is one of those words that's become popular
0:52.4	as we use the internet more and more.
0:55.0	It's the name of a particular kind of fraud on the internet.
0:59.0	Fraud?
1:00.0	Yes, it's what we say when someone sends you an email pretending to be a reputable company or person,
1:06.0	hoping you'll respond and give them your personal information.
1:09.3	They want things like your bank account number, password, that kind of thing.
1:13.0	Oh, so the email is a bait.
1:15.6	Yes, exactly.
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