B002.005

Account restricted, disabled, or locked

Subtechnique in the Bait (B000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle

Version 0.3 · ID stable since March 5, 2026 · Data snapshot: March 8, 2026

Description

An alert or notification that an account has been restricted, disabled, or locked and action is required.

Parent technique

This subtechnique refines B002 Account activity alert.

Other subtechniques of B002

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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Account restricted, disabled, or locked (B002.005), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/B002.005/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_b002_005,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{B002.005 Account restricted, disabled, or locked}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/B002.005/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}