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I'm sitting in the Ft. Lauderdale Office of the Corporation, using the
Lookout email client when I receive the following:

> Vishing is a socially engineered technique for stealing information or
> money from people using the telephone network. The term comes from
> combining “voice” with “phishing,” which are online scams that get people
> to give up personal or sensitive information about The Corporation. This
> may include impersonating another employee of the Corporation, your bank,
> law enforcement agencies or any government related organization via voice
> email, VoIP (voice over IP), or landline or cellular telephone.
>

Vishing?

Vishing?

Really?

Oh, I guess it's a thing [1] now.

Sigh.

We already have a term for this—“phishing!” Or perhaps “social engineering?”
How about “hacking” if you want to go old school 80s style terminology?

Good lord …

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_phishing

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