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Phishing and Social Engineering

Understand why phishing sophistication: visual copying is near-perfect.

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Phishing — fake emails/sites

Understand why phishing sophistication: visual copying is near-perfect.

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Vishing — voice calls

Understand why vishing's psychological power: real-time conversation prevents the deliberate thinking that reading an email allows.

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Smishing — SMS scams

Understand why sMS danger factors: (1) Same channel as real bank alerts — creates trust by association.

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Pretexting

Understand why pretexting sophistication: the story is the weapon.

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Verifying before trusting

Understand why different-channel verification principle: if a scammer sends you a WhatsApp message, they control that WhatsApp conversation.

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