Many companies have been forced to deal with a type of online fraud that lures their employees into disclosing personal information. The employees receive an email that appears to come from the Internal Revenue Service, demanding confirmation of their Social Security numbers. The message threatens that noncompliance will mean criminal penalties. These employees are victims of:
A) phishing
B) doxing
C) blogging
D) vlogging

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Phishing is a type of online fraud where attackers send fraudulent emails pretending to be from reputable sources, in this case, the Internal Revenue Service, to trick individuals into revealing personal information like Social Security numbers.

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