In this #howto video we'll talk about vishing attacks - what is vishing and how to avoid it.
The term “vishing” is a combination of ”voice” and ”phishing”. So, we can describe vishing as phishing by voice, where scammers call their targets to extract their personal data or money. To this end, they pretend to be government officials, tech support agents, or employees of financial institutions.
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Criminals often research their potential targets in advance to sound more genuine and convincing. Vishing attacks usually rely on victims’ unawareness or confusion when receiving such a call. Elderly people are often the easiest targets, so it’s a good idea to tell your relatives about various phone scams.
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Contents of the video:
0:00 What is vishing
0:31 How does vishing work
1:11 How to avoid vishing
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Rule of thumb: refuse to share any sensitive information over the phone. Usually, companies and institutions do not ask your personal details by phone and have their own secure systems for such actions. So you can always call the genuine institution to double-check whether they really called you and requested that information.
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