This is normally the final stand. A social engineer will use fear to try and coerce the target. This can be threatening, and usually happens due to failure of cooperation from the mark or the inexperience or frustration at a lack of success from the mark.
Don't you know who I am? If you don't help me I'm going to make sure you get fired!
These exploits get leveraged in all social engineering attacks, such as vishing, phishing, and smishing.
The success of an attack depends upon a number of factors including:
- Type of person and position: Are they customer-facing, such as a service desk person or receptionist? If so they are more likely to help.
- How busy they are: Similar to the previous point, is their objective to move on to the next ...
