It’s about time someone came up with a name for phishing on voice technology…but seriously, here’s the downside to making international automated calling cheaper and easier:

Secure Computing has found a more sophisticated scam that avoids e-mail altogether. Instead the criminals behind this scam have programmed computers to dial a long list of phone numbers and play a recorded message to anyone that answers.

The recorded message warns that a person’s credit card has been used fraudulently and asks them to enter their card number. Significantly, those responding are also asked for the security number found on the rear of the card.

Not to be confused with vichyssoise, the plot of attacks on credit card numbers seems to be getting thicker by the minute.