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Voice phishing, or vishing, [1] is the use of telephony (often Voice over IP telephony) to conduct phishing attacks.. Landline telephone services have traditionally been trustworthy; terminated in physical locations known to the telephone company, and associated with a bill-payer.
The FAS fraud can be implemented in a softswitch in many different ways. [1] These include: False billing of party A without calling a party B. Usually a fake ringback tone, loopback audio or voicemail message is played; Start of billing before actual answer of party B; Extra billing after disconnection of party B
Phone fraud, or more generally communications fraud, is the use of telecommunications products or services with the intention of illegally acquiring money from, or failing to pay, a telecommunication company or its customers. Many operators have increased measures to minimize fraud and reduce their losses.
Example of caller ID spoofed via orange boxing; both the name and number are faked to reference leetspeak. Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station.
VoIP spam or SPIT (spam over Internet telephony) is unsolicited, automatically dialed telephone calls, typically using voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. [1]VoIP systems, like e-mail and other Internet applications, are susceptible to abuse by malicious parties who initiate unsolicited and unwanted communications, such as telemarketers and prank callers.
The IRS defines tax fraud as “intentional wrongdoing on the part of a taxpayer with the specific purpose of evading a tax known or believed to be owing.” To meet the IRS’s tax fraud ...
VoIP is a group of technologies that enable voice calls online. VoIP contains similar vulnerabilities to those of other internet use. Risks are not usually mentioned to potential customers. [1] VoIP provides no specific protections against fraud and illicit practices. [citation needed]
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