Question

Ben receives an email purporting to be from his bank, advising him that new passwords are being distributed. The email asks him to enter his current password, as well as other personal information

Ben sends the requested information and then notices the next day that funds have been withdrawn from his account without his knowledge or consent. Upon contacting the bank, Ben learns that the original email was a fraud. Ben is a victim of ________.

A) electronic monitoring
B) spam
C) adware
D) spyware
E) phishing

Answer 1

The correct answer is E

Step-by-step explanation:

Phishing is the term which is defined as group of individual or the malicious individual who are scam users. This is done by sending the emails or creating the web pages which are designed in order to collect the information of online bank, other login information or credit card information of an individual.

So, Ben is the victim of phishing, as the fraud is done with him by sending the emails.