Thursday, September 11, 2008
While the majority of businesses have become familiar with phishing scams looking to commit identity theft and fraud by obtaining sensitive details from unwitting employees, they also need to look out for vishing.
Such is the claim of Blanco County News, which has explained that vishing - Voice over IP phishing - usually begins with an email asking people to call a telephone number or a direct phone call from the scammers.
Using an automated system masquerading as a bank or other organisation, the fraudsters urge accountholders to enter details using the keypad or voice recognition.
In recent weeks, a number of banks in Texas have been impersonated and have warned customers not to call the numbers in order to prevent identity theft and fraud.
The FBI has warned that it is often difficult to track down the criminals behind the scams because they are able to hide their caller ID using VoIP.
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Sarkozy smells a phish - 10.21.2008
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has derided the state of email security after being caught out by a phishing scam.
The year's biggest email security scams - 10.21.2008
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