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VISHING: The fraudster calls you and pretends to be from your bank - or impersonates an authority figure like a policeman.
Vishing: The fraudster calls you and pretends to be from your bank -- or impersonates an authority figure like a policeman.
Phishing and
vishing scams were two of the most common ways fraudsters steal personal information.
The Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) said that the two new kinds of fraudulent ways were 'phishing' and '
vishing'.
Social engineering is broken into four basic vectors: Phishing,
Vishing, SMShing and Impersonation.
Summary: Bank sends email warning to customers about phishing,
vishing and SMiShing
Just last week, I spoke to a lady who'd been robbed as part of a telephone '
vishing' scam.
Here's my quick guide
VISHING: The fraudster calls and pretends to be from your bank, or to be a policeman or suchlike.
These attacks are known as
vishing and smishing, respectively.
Summary: Bankers are cautioning their customers against a new wave of voice phishing, also termed as, '
vishing', through which confidential data is obtained from customers fraudulently to deceive them.