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New Vishing Spree Strikes U.S.

New Vishing Spree strikes U.S. credit unions, small communities. Text-based banking is helping to set the stage for smishing, a credit union official says. Vishing is a relatively low-tech crime, but perpetrators of this type of crime are getting more organized than they’ve ever been before. The common use of mobile devices makes smishing an easy scheme. Educating consumers about secure mobile devices is the best way to fight back, an expert says. In some cases, fraudsters are getting actual phone lists of customers by means as simple as old-fashioned dumpster-diving.”]

Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/new-vishing-spree-strikes-us-a-2896

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