A person receives an e-mail stating that his bank account has been compromised. The email then requests that the person submits his bank account and social security number to an internet address provided to him to verify his identify. What type of computer security-related fraud is this?

a. Spoofing
b. Phishing
c. Brute force attack
d. Vishing


b. Phishing

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a. decontextualized. b. shorn of structure. c. connected from defining images and surrounding. d. short of style.

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a. TRUE b. FALSE

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a. individual: high expectations for self, high IQ, being female b. family: youth whose parents are incarcerated, separation/poor family bonding c. school: negative labeling by teachers, dropping out of school, truancy d. peers: peer rejection and deviant peers

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