A new threat to users on “Incoming Calls” – VISHING
VISHING – a new way of hacking people, to steal amount from their bank account, credit card and similar. Recently, some people received a call on their mobile phone and affected. They lost approx. Rs. 80,000 within 05 minutes from their personal credit card account. This communication is to inform you and understand the scam to safeguard yourself. VISHING calls are drastically increased across India due to no/less awareness on this fraud. VISHING (Phishing through Voice) is a verbal communication (e.g. VOIP or phone calls) used by an unauthorized person "pretending" to be from reputable bank/company. Their aim is to manipulate individuals into revealing financial information or transferring money to them. How it happens? Hacker obtains information from various sources, e.g. social media, e-commerce sites, leaked database, unsecured app installed in user phone etc. Hacker calls victim and pretends to be an official from reputed organization, e.g. bank