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phishing

also smishing (SMS) and vishing (phone calls)

A method of fraud in which criminals impersonate well-known companies, organisations or trusted institutions in order to obtain sensitive data or money.

Definition after the Knowledge Base on the Gov.pl portal, which lists variants carried out by text message (smishing) and by phone call (vishing).1

Sources

  1. Gov.pl portal, Knowledge Base, The most popular online scam – phishing (in Polish)

Checked: 3 November 2026