Definition of phishing
Types of phishing|
Category |
Description |
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Voice phishing |
Means of defrauding money and valuables by forging a wired phone number, imitating that of an investigation agency, impersonating the relevant agency to seek vulnerability of the user’s environment,as abduction of child, pretense of accident, etc. |
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Messenger phishing |
Means of requesting money loan, by abusing the function of adding friends of new online services, such as social media, mobile-based (or PC) messenger, etc. and logging in to an account of a friend or acquaintance |
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Phishing site |
Means of defrauding personal information and financial information by sending text messages, email, etc. to an unspecified number of people and inducing access to a fake website that is similar to a normal one |
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Body cam phishing |
Criminal means of extorting money by suggesting obscene video chats (body cam phishing) through smartphone chatting apps suchas Skype, recording the obscene acts of a person, planting a malignant code on the victim’s smartphone, seizing the victim’s contacts, and threatening to spread the recorded video (picture) |
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Spear phishing |
Means of phish-attacking by digging up personal information with an individual or a company,as high-ranking official, celebrity, etc. as the subject or extortion of certain information as purpose |
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Qshing |
Financial fraud means of inducing download of malignant app or installation of malignant program when a “QR code” with unclear source is recognized by a smartphone - A compound word between QR code + phishing, financial fraud means that has evolved to another level from smishing |
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Romance scam |
Means of fraud by approaching online, through social media, email, etc., expressing favor, establishing reliability through wealth or physical appearance, and requesting money for various reasons |