Ep. 200 - The SE ETC Series - Popular Scams And How They Work with Patrick and Chris

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The SE Etc. Series. This series will be hosted by Chris Hadnagy, CEO of Social-Engineer LLC, and The Innocent Lives Foundation, as well as Social-Engineer.Org and The Institute for Social Engineering. Chris will be joined by his co-host Patrick Laverty as they discuss topics pertaining to the world of Social Engineering. [Feb 27, 2023]

00:00 - Intro

00:46 - Patrick Laverty Intro

01:40 - Intro Links

-          Tuxcare – tuxcare.com

-          Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/

-          Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/

-          Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/

-          Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/

-          Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb

-          CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/

-          innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

06:11 - Todays Topic: Popular Scams and How They Work

08:21 - Let's Start with Romance Scams

10:10 - How it Starts

15:34 - Preying on Loss

17:01 - What about the IRS scams?

20:52 - Protecting the Grandparents

23:28 - Real Customer Service

27:32 - The Parent Trap

29:51 - Scamming Kids

32:00 - What can we do?

33:43 - The Next Steps

37:01 - The Power of Suggestions

39:27 - Wrap Up & Outro

-          www.social-engineer.com

-          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

Find us online

-          Chris Hadnagy

-          Twitter: @humanhacker

-          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy

-          Patrick Laverty

-          Twitter: @plaverty9

-          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/plaverty9