Posing as an employee of a brokerage firm to obtain information to allegedly update your account information is an example of
A) shoulder surfing.
B) dumpster diving.
C) pretexting.
D) skimming.

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Pretexting involves creating a fabricated scenario (the pretext) to engage a targeted victim in a manner that leads the victim to release information or perform actions they wouldn't normally do. In this case, pretending to be an employee to update account information is a classic example of pretexting, where the attacker creates a scenario to obtain personal or sensitive information under false pretenses.

Posing as an Employee of a Brokerage Firm to Obtain