Vishing : Another Bad News After Phishing!

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Till date people are fighting against Phishing and people have not everyone has learnt yet about how to tackle PHISHING SCAMS and now there is a bad news for all the people around as spammers, hackers (whatever bad term you want to use) bring out a new concept of stealing the confidential information and that is called VISHING.

In "vishing" a person gets an email from the bank (obviously a fake bank) and it will try to trick you to call a 1-800-number (now, after looking at 1-800-number any person will believe that they are legitimate) and update the account or any other confidencial information. And sources say that if anyone calls those number, they'll notice that the automated service sounds proffessional and real as well.

So, if you get an email which asks you to call an 1-800-number then dont forget to check whether the number provided in that email is a legitimate number or is it a vishhy number. The best way to find out is by going on the bank's website and checking their support number.

posted by ReviewSaurus, 1:54 AM

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