Report on Phishing: A Report to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada and the Attorney General of the United States

Citation
Binational Working Group on Cross-Border Mass Marketing Fraud, Report on Phishing: A Report to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada and the Attorney General of the United States (Oct. 2006) (full-text).

Overview
The objective of this report is to define the nature, scope and impact of phishing, to provide the public with information on how to respond to phishing schemes, and to identify current and promising approaches to combating phishing. It includes information on phishing trends, statistics and a discussion of the principal factors affecting the growing use of phishing by fraudsters.