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/
• 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

• social-engineer.com
• innocentlivesfoundation.org

Find us online

• Chris Hadnagy
  • Twitter: @humanhacker
  • LinkedIn: com/in/christopherhadnagy
• Patrick Laverty
  • Twitter: @plaverty9
  • LinkedIn: com/in/plaverty9