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As much as we love the advancement in technology, we must acknowledge that it has also come at a price. The last decade has seen an ever-increasing rate of online fraud, and as long as people have money to spend, someone will always try to rip it off them. A particular form of crime that has seen people and organizations lose billions of dollars is phishing. However, since cybercrime methods change by the day, there\u2019s now a variation of phishing, a term you might have come across: Vishing.<\/p>\n

Phishing vs Vishing<\/h2>\n

Phishing is a type of crime that majorly uses emails to try and obtain sensitive information from unsuspecting users. The target information is normally intended to be used to strip the user or organization of cash, and it usually involves usernames, passwords, credit card details etc.<\/p>\n

In a phishing attack, an email is sent to the target user. This email spoofs or mimics a bank, credit card company, or a reputable business such as Amazon or eBay. The email normally looks real, even mimicking the logo and colour scheme of the company. It however normally has some kind of urgency that requires you to log in to your account. Once you log in on the fake website, your details are then obtained and you can end up losing lots of money.<\/p>\n

Vishing, on the other hand, is a form of phishing which is conducted through the telephone. Actually, the term \u2018vishing\u2019 is coined from a combination of \u2018voice\u2019 and \u2018phishing\u2019. Voice scams normally rely on manipulation and social engineering, to get the target user give up delicate information.<\/p>\n

How Vishing Works<\/h2>\n

Most vishing criminals prefer to mimic an official source, like a bank or a government agency. Depending on whether they are outside your country or from your country, they will use different techniques. Vishing criminals outside the country use voice-to-text synthesisers and recorded messages in a bid to mask their identities. Those that are from within the country try to be as targeted as possible, and therefore use a human on the other end of the line.<\/p>\n

Regardless of how they are conducted, the goal is normally one: try to convince you to give out personal information that can be used to obtain money from you.<\/p>\n

To make you take your normal security coat off, vishing scammers now use caller ID spoofing<\/a>. This is a kind of technology that makes the call appear as if it\u2019s from a reputable company that you trust. It can also be used to make the call appear localised, which would make you more compelled to pick the call.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, when such an attack is directed to an entity like your bank, there\u2019s no much you can do apart from reliance on their security protocols. Fortunately, you can take complete control to avoid falling victim to such. So let’s discuss how to prevent vishing and secure yourself.<\/p>\n

How To Prevent Vishing<\/h2>\n

If you are not familiar with vishing, you might think that this is a scam that you can easily figure out and find a way of how to prevent vishing. However, you\u2019d like to take my word when I say that\u2019s not the case. These calls are normally structured in such a way that they appear completely legitimate. It\u2019s therefore not about identifying which calls are spams, but rather taking protective measures to avoid falling victim.<\/p>\n

Here are the best two:<\/p>\n