B007

Repair or maintenance offer

Technique 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 unsolicited offer to repair or service the victim's property, vehicle, or device based on a fabricated or exaggerated problem.

Tags

repair maintenance contractor solicitation

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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Repair or maintenance offer (B007), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/B007/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_b007,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{B007 Repair or maintenance offer}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/B007/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}