Question

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
a.) social engineering.
b.) phishing.
c.) counterfeiting.
d.) forgery.

Answer 1

It would be Phishing

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. Phishing

Explanation:

Phishing is a common crime in which one person or group of people pretend to be part of one entity in order to obtain sensitive information, for example, one person pretends to be an employee of a bank to try to obtain information about your credit card. Additionally, this crime often involves the use of technology that includes creating fake websites or e-mail accounts. In the case of Bryan, his situation is an example of phishing because a group of people is pretending to be part of a police officers association to obtain information for Bryan, also this involves the use of technology through e-mail.