Account activity alert
Technique in the Bait (B000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle
Description
An unexpected alert or notification regarding account activity.
Subtechniques
- B002.001Password change requestAn alert or notification of a password change request.
- B002.002Unusual or suspicious loginAn alert or notification of a login via an unfamiliar device or location.
- B002.003Unexpected purchase or transactionAn alert or notification asking the victim to confirm or deny a purchase or transaction.
- B002.004Unsolicited verification codeAn alert or notification of an unexpected one-time verification code.
- B002.005Account restricted, disabled, or lockedAn alert or notification that an account has been restricted, disabled, or locked and action is required.
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How to cite
Plain text:
Narang, S. S. (2026). Account activity alert (B002), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/B002/BibTeX:
@misc{scms03_b002,
author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
title = {{B002 Account activity alert}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
year = {2026},
version = {0.3},
url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/B002/},
note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}