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What is “vishing”?

Article Number: 80 | Rating: 4/5 from 1 votes | Last Updated: Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:57 PM

Vishing is 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. Add text explaining that your credit union would not send requests for this type of information via phone.