Voice phishing

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Voice phishing, or vishing, is the use of telephony (often Voice over IP telephony) to conduct phishing attacks. Landline telephone services have traditionally been trustworthy: terminated in physical locations known to the telephone company and associated with a bill-payer. Now, however, vishing fraudsters often use modern Voice over IP (VoIP) features such as caller ID spoofing and interactive voice response systems to impede detection by law enforcement agencies. Voice phishing is typically used to steal credit card numbers or other information used in identity theft schemes from individuals. Usually, voice phishing attacks are conducted using automated text-to-speech systems that direct a victim to call a number controlled by the attacker. However, some use live callers. Posing as an employee of a legitimate body such as the bank, police, telephone or internet provider, the fraudster attempts to obtain personal details and financial information regarding credit cards, bank accounts...

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