Explore Vishing through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Vishing meaning
A form of phishing using a telephone call to the prospective victim.
Using Vishing
- The main meaning on this page is: A form of phishing using a telephone call to the prospective victim.
- In the example corpus, vishing often appears in combinations such as: of vishing, vishing or.
Context around Vishing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vishing
- In this selection, "vishing" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, attack, attacks and calls stand out and add context to how "vishing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include display the vishing awareness campaign and of a vishing attack will. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vishing" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vishing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What are Vishing calls? (4 words)
They should be vigilant of vishing or phishing attacks. (9 words)
Vishing is the exact same technique but deployed via a telephone call. (12 words)
Vishing attacks are also on the rise, with many fraudsters posing as bank representatives call the person and then use scare tactics to convince their ‘target’ that their money is at risk if they don’t share their account or card information. (42 words)
For example, the victim of a vishing attack will receive a phone call from a scammer, pretending to be a trusted person who's attempting to elicit personal information such as credit card or login details. (36 words)
Mr Thornton-Trump said vishing was an “entry level” type of cyber crime as all that was needed was a phone and a few of the target’s personal details. (30 words)
What are Vishing calls? (4 words)
Example sentences (8)
They should be vigilant of vishing or phishing attacks.
For example, the victim of a vishing attack will receive a phone call from a scammer, pretending to be a trusted person who's attempting to elicit personal information such as credit card or login details.
Vishing attacks are also on the rise, with many fraudsters posing as bank representatives call the person and then use scare tactics to convince their ‘target’ that their money is at risk if they don’t share their account or card information.
Vishing is the exact same technique but deployed via a telephone call.
What are Vishing calls?
Caption: Creating awareness: Bank Windhoek staff members Cynelle Van Eeden and Peneyambeko Munghono from Windhoek Branch, proudly display the vishing awareness campaign poster.
Mr Thornton-Trump said vishing was an “entry level” type of cyber crime as all that was needed was a phone and a few of the target’s personal details.
Vishing, or voice phishing, is when criminals gain access to private personal and financial information from the public for the purpose of a financial reward.
Common combinations with vishing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of vishing 2×
- vishing or 2×