Let's talk about Social Engineering (SE) 😊. * Simply put, SE is tricking human beings into performing unintentional actions. * Some simple descriptive tricking methods the scammers use include: - Telling lies or faking narratives/scenarios that seem to be true, to exploit emotions. - Making promises that are too good to be true. - Giving free electronic gifts (USB, tablets, phones etc) as a return for performing certain simple activities. - Availing free USB charging ports in strategic locations. - Giving supports that appear too effortless to be deserving, to gain familiarity and trust. - Availing free WiFi or use of similar authentic WiFi name. - Pretending to be who they are not to establish familiarity, and to gain access to resources they shouldn't have. * The unintentional actions the scammers need you to perform include: - Exposing confidential or sensitive information like bank details, system access credentials, authentication codes. Better put, they need your secrets 😁. - Bypassing system securities. - Aiding the spread of harmful programs across systems. - Giving out money that you wouldn't ordinarily want to give out. - Establishing connection to free WiFi/internet through which they can access or monitor activities on the connected device(s). * Some of the key persuasive approaches they use include: - Urgency: They'd want you to perform the actions immediately. - Familiarity: They'd claim to know you or come from a source you may know. - Scarcity: They'd claim whatever they're promising will soon finish, limited or exclusive. - Social Proof: They'd claim everyone including your friends and colleagues have performed, and still performing the same actions. - Authority: They'd assume an authoritative position or figure to order you into performing unsafe actions to their advantage. * Some of the countermeasures to take include: - Pause, think and rethink; please question it. - Don't take any word or anything for it; please verify it. - If it's too good to be true, it's most likely not true; please ignore it. - Any information that enables you to initiate or complete a financial transaction, don't give it out; please protect it. - If it's free and unknown, please avoid it. - Importantly, once you could tell it's a scam/fraud or even unsure, please report it. Stay alert! Stay informed! 😊 To be continued 😉...
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