If you use the internet, phones, text messages, or social media – so, basically everyone – you need to know about one of the most prominent criminal threats out there: phishing. Phishing is a crime in which the victim is contacted through various platforms with fake messages intending to lure them into clicking a link, downloading a message, or giving out personal information to the criminal. This is an extremely common criminal endeavor and something nearly everyone will encounter in their lives. So, it’s important to know what platforms it occurs on, what types of phishing are out there, and how to avoid these attacks in general. That’s what we’ll cover in this course.