Phishing for Your Dollars

From the Kansas City Business Journal: "Nixon warns Missourians of Citibank 'phishing' scam."

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon warned consumers Friday about a e-mail scam called "phishing" that uses the Citibank name to try to get information from consumers.

Nixon said a Missouri consumer received an e-mail that appeared to be from Citibank that directed the consumer to a Web site that asked for information such as the consumer's ATM card and personal identification numbers.

Phishing is sending e-mail that's been forged to look like a legitimate e-mail from a company, designed to get recipients to divulge personal information.

Nixon said Citibank's Web site says it will never send e-mails asking for passwords, credit card numbers or other sensitive information.