Phishers Snare Victims With VoIP
A security firm on Tuesday reported discovering a phishing scheme in which the scammers used Internet telephony to copy a bank’s automated voice system in order to steal customers’ passwords, account numbers and other personal information.
In the attack that occurred last week, con artists sent spam disguised as coming from a small bank in a large East Coast city, Cloudmark Inc., a messaging security firm, said. The message asked the recipient to dial a telephone number to talk with a bank representative.
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