With his flattery a fraudster scams you before you are aware of it!

Dear colleague,

Your boss contacts you and tells you the government is investigating a possible fiscal fraud. 60.000 EUR has to be transferred quickly and in complete confidentiality. Flattery and intimidation: your interlocutor talks about your commendable career, your development possibilities… even about your children. Without your collaboration, the consequences would be incalculable…

Are you framed?

Alarming? Be aware of what one can learn about you based on the information you distribute online. Look at the work of a genius in social engineering…

Social engineering: don’t be fooled!

Demask an attack of social engineering

• You don’t know your interlocutor.
• The situation is critical.
• Urgent, secret: you must act fast and it is confidential.
• Unbelievable! An offer which is too good to be true…
• The tone is extremely intimidating or flattering.

Take the right reflexes against social engineering

• Take your time to reflect, don’t trade in a hurry.
• Control the identity of your interlocutor.
• Don’t be satisfied with a vague or complex explanation.
• Don’t execute an unusual transaction without the agreement of a third person.
• Don’t pass sensitive or internal information.

How to react when you are confronted with social engineering

• Alarm the responsible within your organisation.
• Respect procedures applicable in your organisation.
• Immediately contact your bank to check whether money has been stolen.
• Change your professional and private passwords.

Good to know

Afraid to be framed? Don’t trade in a hurry. Take your time to reflect and alarm the responsible in your organisation.