The Anti Phishing Working Group announced the Fax Back Phishing Education program this week. Scammers have found that fax-based appeals are effective at getting victims to surrender personal documents and information. APWG was created to battle Web- and e-mail based phishing scams, which lure unwitting victims into surrendering personal information and account logins and passwords. The Group announced last month that it would partner with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service s Online Fraud Detection and Prevention (OFDP) group.
Source: https://threatpost.com/anti-phishing-group-targeting-fax-based-scams-082610/74388/