Your phone may be under attack - MSN Money

You've probably already heard of 'phishing' whereby scammers e-mail you asking for your personal information to steal your identity. You probably already know never to respond to any e-mails that ask you to provide information or verify your account and never to click on any links in such e-mails. But you may not yet have heard of 'vishing' or voice phishing.

With vishing, scammers e-mail you or call your phone number pretending to be a legitimate business and ask you to answer questions or call a number to verify your account information. These scammers often try to get sensitive information from you such as your mother's maiden name, social security number, bank account number or credit card number while you are made to believe that you are undergoing a normal verification process. Don't ever respond to these calls that come out of the blue. Hang up and call the official numbers on the back of your credit or debit card or printed on your official statements, not the numbers you are given to call. Don't trust the caller ID on your phone either because caller IDs can be 'spoofed'.