Someone who is fraudulently claiming to be from a reputable bank calls a company employee. Which of the following describes this incident?

Pretexting involves creating a fabricated scenario (pretext) to manipulate a victim, which can be part of a vishing attack, but vishing specifically refers to the medium (voice call).

Spoofing refers to disguising communication from an unknown source as being from a known, trusted source (e.g., caller ID), and while it can be used in vishing, it describes a method rather than the overall attack type.

Scareware is malicious software that uses deceptive pop-ups and warnings to trick users into purchasing rogue or unwanted software.