Beware! now, it is vishing

After phishing cases, in which credit card details of the victims are obtained by the fraudsters over email, it is vishing, where such information is gathered over phone that has come to light in the city. The Chennai police is probing three vishing cases, in which the victims were cheated of over Rs.1.5 lakh. The complaints were lodged with the Central Crime Branch in February and March. According to CCB sources, the fraudsters managed to obtain the onetime password (OTP), issued by the bank, from the victims over phone. The Cyber Crime Cell of the CCB, which has been handling phishing cases for many years, has also been entrusted with the vishing (derived from the combination of voice and phishing) cases.