A person calls the Stark residence and pretends to represent a credit card company. He asks Mrs. Stark to confirm her credit card number. This is an example of ________.
A) hacking
B) data mining
C) pretexting
D) sniffing

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This is an example of pretexting, which is a social engineering technique that involves someone pretending to be someone else to obtain sensitive information. In this case, the person is pretending to be a representative of a credit card company to obtain Mrs. Stark's credit card number.

A Person Calls the Stark Residence and Pretends to Represent