Fox Scully received an e-mail promoting a new financial services institution that offers surprisingly low mortgage rates. The e-mail asked customers to provide their address, date of birth, Social Security number, and current mortgage information in order to receive a free loan quote. Suspicious of the offer, Fox researched the company and discovered that the e-mail was fraudulent. This is an example of ________.
A) cold callingB) phishingC) crowdsourcingD) data miningE) viral marketing

Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as password, credit card information etc. from individuals by posing as a trustworthy entity or a legitimate institution.

It is an attempt to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details, and passwords.

In the question above, the e- mail from the fraudulent entity asking customers to provide their address, date of birth, social security number and current mortgage information is an example of Phishing

Emhicee Emhicee · Answer 2 · 2020-03-29T01:51:55+01:00

Answer:

B, phishing

Explanation:

Phishing is a type of cyber crime in which the potential victims are contacted via their email addresses, text message,etc. It mostly entails trying to get sensitive information of the potential victims in order to use the details for a fraudulent thing.

Phishing has become very common these days and it continues to increase as times goes by.

For phishing to be happen, the criminal has to build up some level of trustworthiness for the potential victim to be at ease before striking.

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