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vishing
Last modified: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The telephone equivalent of phishing. Vishing is the act
of using the telephone in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private
information that will be used for identity theft. The scammer usually pretends
to be a legitimate business, and fools the victim into thinking he or she will
profit.
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