---
title: "Vishing Attacks Crest $1B: How MSSPs Can Help"
metaTitle: "Vishing Attacks Crest $1b"
slug: vishing-attacks-crest-1b
date: "2023-12-19T09:00:00-06:00"
image:
  src: "https://cdn.securelogix.dev/slx/images/vishing-attacks-crest-1B.webp"
sourcePublisher:
  name: MSSP Alert
  url: www.msspalert.com
sourceArticle:
  url: "https://www.msspalert.com/news/vishing-attacks-crest-1b-can-mssps-slow-down-the-scammers"
tags: [Call Center Security, Impostor Scam, Ransom, Vishing]
status: published
---

Telephone scams, often referred to as vishing--a contraction of voice and phishing--are gaining steam among cyber spoofers, as witnessed by the $1.2 billion lost to the swindles last year, according to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) figures.

Overall, consumers lost $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022, the agency said. Number one on the list of fraud schemes was imposter trickery. Reported losses to business imposters was $660 million in 2022.

Losses to phone scams yielded the highest reported loss per person with a median of $1,400.

Vishers are high volume hackers that use social engineering tactics to lure victims to interact with them mostly using an email, text message, phone call, or direct-chat messages. Indeed, a recent study by endpoint security cyber defender Trellix found vishing spiked 142% from Q3 2022 to Q4 2022. Some 85% of vishing attacks were tied to free email services...