Scam emails tell recipients to call in their PIN…
In a new twist on phishing, fraudsters are sending out emails that attempt to trick people into sharing personal information over the phone.
Cloudmark, a San Francisco-based email security company, said it has seen two separate attacks this week. In both cases, the spammed message warns of a problem with a bank account and instructs the recipient to dial a phone number to resolve it, the company said in a statement published on Tuesday.
The caller is connected to a voice response system that is made to sound exactly like the bank’s own system, Cloudmark said.
It added: “The phone system identifies itself to the target as the financial institution and prompts them to enter account number and PIN.”
Full story: silicon.com
