A New Social Engineering: Pretexting
Frank Ahrens writes in The Washington Post:
You get a phone call from someone who says they're taking a survey for a reputable sounding research firm. They ask you a few questions that seem relatively harmless -- what's private anymore, anyway, right? -- such as the name of your phone company or investment firm or even the name of your pet.More here.
You may have just been pretexted.
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