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For as long as there have been human beings one human being has wanted something the other one has and sometimes wanted to have others do one's work in one's stead. So for as long as there have been humans there have been scams, hoaxes and lies. There have been people doing the right thing for the wrong reason and people doing the wrong thing for the right reason. Then there are those that simply fail to do what is right. This lens has been created to help others learn how to be safe from manipulation in all it's forms.
Social Engineering
Extracts from the wikipedia.
All Social Engineering techniques are based on flaws in human logic known as cognitive biases.[2] These bias flaws are used in various combinations to create attack techniques.
an example:
In a 2002 episode of the video podcast thebroken, host Kevin Rose demonstrated how to use social engineering to get "Free Pizza 4 Life". The segment depicted Rose loitering outside of a San Francisco pizzeria, waiting for a random customer to walk in and place a take-out order. Once this happened, Rose followed the person into the store (as to appear that he was with the person), and took note of their name, phone number and pizza order (all information except for the actual pizza order was censored from the video). Rose left the pizzeria, and 30 minutes later, placed a phone call to the store's manager. Acting as if he was in that customer's party, Rose reported a complaint with the pizza, then negotiated with the manager to get a free new pizza in lieu of the bad one. The manager obliged, Rose returned to the store and successfully walked out with a free pizza.
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The Ashley Marc James Hoax.
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The Scam Stopper Report
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Stop Spam!
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