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What type of identity theft does ""phishing"" refer to?.

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Phishing refers to tricking people into revealing personal/confidential information example: Fake invoices etc.

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did you mean the meaning?

Step-by-step explanation:

type of social engineering where an attacker sends a fraudulent (e.g., spoofed, fake, or otherwise deceptive) message designed to trick a person into revealing sensitive information to the attacker[1] or to deploy malicious software on the victim's infrastructure like ransomware.

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