One increasingly popular approach is vishing, or voice phishing. Here, the attacker tricks someone into sharing account credentials or other information through a simple phone call. According to ...

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Adam Levin, author of "Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves" explains how you can protect yourself from a common scam known as 'vishing.' ...

Vishing is a type of phone scam where the fraudster takes advantage of human error by calling and attempting to deceive victims into revealing their personal ...