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Managing Financial Information

Question 5 • Personal Finance - EL3403

Bryan receives an e-mail from a group posing as a police officers association and asking for bank account information. This is an example of

Answer
A
social engineering.
B
phishing.
C
counterfeiting.
D
forgery.

Explanation

Phishing is a scam in which someone uses a deceptive email or message to trick a person into revealing sensitive information, such as bank account details. The email pretending to come from a police officers association is a phishing attempt. Social engineering is a broader category of manipulation that can include phishing, but phishing is the specific term here.

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