A type of fraud that uses the telephone system and social engineering techniques to obtain private or confidential information from people — often financial information.
Vishing can be used to scam individual consumers or as part of more sophisticated attacks against organizations.
Many vishing calls begin with the scammer impersonating a bank employee, telling the victim that there’s been suspicious activity or another problem with his or her bank account. To resolve this issue, they’ll need to call a toll-free number and speak to a representative. This call will be directed to the scammer, who will take down the victim’s account information and later use it to transfer money out of the account. The scammers may persuade the victims themselves to transfer the funds
https://www.wombatsecurity.com/blog/vishing-attacks-whos-really-on-the-line
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