Social engineers on internet field know how to take advantgae of people's weakness and natural state of mind. It is very easy to manipulate with people, because there is not so much paranoia that could prevent the frauds.
Though I find more interesting the cases of social engineering without technology, the first frauds that come in to my mind are manipulations that are connected with technology. It could be done very easilly. "Social engineer" just needs to know his/her victim (it is enough to know at least the age). The scheme is similar to thiefs. For "successful" criminal action they get to know the backround. Same thing is with social engineering. For example - a call for some elder lady who is being told that the caller is from the bank. He/she needs her bank account data to assure that also next retired pay will be transfered to the account.
How to avoid social engineering attempts? If people are familiar with some of these schemes they can be aware of the possibility of unpredictable frauds. A lot of conciosness can be gained through media.
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