Question

Mircea Vasilescu maintains an online brokerage account. In early March, Mircea received an e-mail from the firm that explained that there had been a computer error and asked Mircea to call a phone number to verify his customer information. When Mircea called the number, a recording asked that he enter the code from the e-mail, his account number, and his social security number. After he did so, he was told that he would be connected with a customer service representative, but the connection was terminated. He contacted the brokerage company and was informed that they had not sent the e-mail. Mircea was a victim of

vishing.
A) vishing
B) splogging
C) typosquatting
D) bluesnarfing
A) vishing

Answer 1

A) vishing

Step-by-step explanation:

vishing is a form of phone fraud. In this form of fraud, fraudsters pretend to be the personal information of the user they call legitimate business. They give the user private information about the scam or fraudulent benefits.

so in the given case, Mircea was subjected to vandalism or voice fishing. Mircia shared all personal information and codes on the phone with the person, disconnected after receiving information from him.

so correct option is A) vishing