Ah, the fun and joys of texting, and everything else that accompanies cell phones and smart phones!
The dirty dogs who created phishing saw great opportunity to move their electronic social engineering scam to the phone to try and dupe anyone who falls for their seductive lures of saving large sums of money, winning huge pots of money, or otherwise seeing or participating in salacious activities and fun. Vishing criminals also try tactics of scaring you into giving them your personally identifiable information (PII) by threatening you with lawsuits, or worse.
Vishing is running rampant, as seen in many news articles, such as here, here and here.
Scott Wright, “The Streetwise Security Coach,” provides a nice overview of vishing here.
Check it out to learn more about how to prevent becoming a victim of vishing attacks.
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