The Register: UK consumers have lost more than £21m to “social engineering” scams where fraudsters impersonated bank employees and tech support since the beginning of the year, according to GetSafeOnline.
A range of tactics including phishing emails, fraudulent phone calls asking for personal or financial information or phone calls from fraudsters impersonating computer technical support agents have been used to defraud punters. So-called voicemail phishing (or visiting) in particular is having a big impact.
