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WAEC Marketing 2020 Question 24

Question 24

E-marketing

Which of the following e-marketing abuses involves an unauthorized use of somebody's identity to extract information?

  1. A.hacking.
  2. B.spam.
  3. C.phishing.
  4. D.cyber fraud.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (phishing.)

Explanation

Phishing is when someone pretends to be a trusted person or organisation (using their identity) to trick people into giving out information such as passwords. Hacking is breaking into a computer system.