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by iwnit on February 26th, 2008
"Vishing is the criminal practice of using social engineering and Voice over IP (VoIP) to gain access to private personal and financial information from the public for the purpose of financial reward. The term is a combination of "voice" and phishing. Vishing exploits the public's trust in landline telephone services, which have traditionally terminated in physical locations which are known to the telephone company, and associated with a bill-payer. The victim is often unaware that VoIP allows for caller ID spoofing, inexpensive, complex automated systems and anonymity for the bill-payer. Vishing is typically used to steal credit card numbers or other information used in identity theft schemes from individuals.
Vishing is very hard for legal authorities to monitor or trace. To protect themselves, consumers are advised to be highly suspicious when receiving messages directing them to call and provide credit card or bank numbers. Rather than provide any information, the consumer is advised to contact their bank or credit card company directly to verify the validity of the message."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishing
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Comments
I just heard this term today. Nice answer. Thanks!
by pepe09 on February 26th, 2008
pepe08: you are welcome!
by iwnit on February 26th, 2008
I had never heard the term either, I knew with the VoIP that a number of their choice can show up on the caller ID. I never thought of how it could affect your perception of who it was on the other end! Very scary, what will the criminal mind think of next.
by Cognition aka Cog on February 29th, 2008