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According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), during first quarter of 2010 eCrime Gangs attack through Online Classifieds, Social Networking and Gaming Websites rose significantly.

In their Q1 2010 report, the proportion of the category 'other', which is made up of social networking, online classifieds and online gaming industries rose more than 37 percent from Q4, 2009 to Q1 2010 from the previous record of 341 in August 2009.

You can download the full report at: http://www.antiphishing.org/reports/apwg_report_Q1_2010.pdf

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