Anytime you get a call from a company you do business with, asking for personal information, hang up. What you received was a voice phishing call and the crooks on the other end will try to scare you into turning over personal info so they can hijack your account. Anytime you get a call from a company you do business with, asking for personal information, hang up. What you received
Earlier today, we got a phone call that came from a „Restricted“ number. When we picked it up, a robotic sounding voice said „This is Verizon Wireless calling. Your account has been suspended.“ The rest of the call explained how we could have the suspension lifted if we pressed „1“ and gave some of our personal information to the rep on the phone. Immediately, we knew we were getting a „voice phishing“ call, so we hung up. But what if you were unfamiliar with the concept of phishing?
First, some information. Phishing is when you receive an email that looks to be from a company that you really do business with, like your bank.
