Vishing* is the voice version of phishing. “V” stands for voice, but otherwise, the scam attempt is the same. The criminal uses the phone to trick a victim into handing over valuable information.
Example
A criminal might call an employee, posing as a co-worker. The criminal might prevail upon the victim to provide login credentials or other information that could be used to target the company or its employees.
Something else to keep in mind about social engineering attacks is that cyber criminals can take one of two approaches to their crimes. They often are satisfied by a one-off attack, known as hunting. But they can also think long-term, a method known as farming.
As the short form of attacks, hunting is when cyber criminals use phishing, baiting and other types of social engineering to extract as much data as possible from the victim with as little interaction as possible.
Farming is when a cybercriminal seeks to form a relationship with their target. The attacker’s goal, then, is to string along the victim for as long as possible in order to extract as much data as possible.