New phishing scams target consumers via VoIP

10:35 - Wednesday 26 April 2006 by THG Reporting Team
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: voip, phishing Category : Miscellaneous

Consumers are being warned about a new type of email phishing scam targeting banking customers. The fake emails take a new tack to phishing, providing a phone number which calls into a voice mail system that asks for your account number.

What’s new here is the criminal use of VoIP and PBX (private branch exchange) software to set up a voice-mail system that sounds like your bank.

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