Identity Fraud Vocab

You will receive a fraudulent text message asking you to verify a purchase or account information.

• Spoofing

• Vishing

• Phishing

• SMishing

A generic term for trying to get your personal information under false pretenses.

• Hacking

• Phishing

• Pretexting

• Spoofing

Scammers send falsified information to a caller ID so it looks like it's coming from a local number or a trusted organization.

• Spoofing

• SMishing

• Phishing

• Skimmers

Sending you a fraudulent email that looks to be authentic, say an email from your bank asking you to verify your account information.

• Phishing

• Vishing

• Skimmers

• Pretexting

When a criminal steals information as the debit or credit card is swiped.

• Spoofing

• SMishing

• Identity Theft

• Skimmers