The case below was a story of how social engineers work on
their victims emotions to defraud them.
Amy chatted her cousin up with nice introduction, the normal
greeting, but smartly change the tune of the conversation that that she was stranded in London with her mum
as they have been rubbed off their cell phones and credit cards. In essence, they need help.
But Amy the scamer sent a wrong signal to the supposed
victim when the chat reads He instead of
SHE. And also that HE traveled with his
WIFE and KIDS, while the real Amy is a girl not married , without kids. Error!
Huh?
The situation warrant that Jabber should be emotional and
start panicking and immediately swinging into action to save the lives of dear
ones. He however was calm and sensitive enough to notice the gender interchange
and also that his Mum hardly travel without his knowledge.
Without hesitation, he scattered the conversation by letting
the scamer knows that his plot was not well planned that the cousin is a lady
without kids not a Male and without kids as contrary to the scamer`s claims.
Personal Comment.
Lesson from this is that it can save us the pain inflicted
by scamers if the supposed victims can be calm and sensitive enough to notice
where to fault the claims of the scamers.
Different cases of scamers versus victims (social
engineering) always have gaps for careful, non emotional and most times greedy
prey to know predators plan to strike but majority of the
victims are being overruled by emotions and
greed.
Imaging if Jabber had
given in to the plot without careful analysis of the messages from the scamers,
he would have at least thousands of Dollars to save families that never exist.
Social engineering is
full of deception but most successful cases showed that the victims could have averted it, only if, they could control their emotions and greed
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