What Is Vishing

question 61

Multiple Choice

What is vishing?

• A) Reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites.
• B) A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses.
• C) A masquerading attack that combines spam with spoofing.
• D) A phone scam that attempts to defraud people by asking them to call a bogus telephone number to "confirm" their account information.

---

Definitions:

Noncumulative

Noncumulative refers to a type of preferred stock where dividends do not accumulate if they are not declared or paid in a given dividend period.

Dividends in Arrears

Dividends on cumulative preferred stock that have not been paid in the period they are due.

Balance Sheet

A financial statement that displays a company's assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity as of a specific date, showing the company's financial position.

Sole Proprietorship

A business structure owned by a single individual, where the owner and the business are legally considered the same.