C003.001

Fear appeals

Subtechnique in the Coercion (C000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle

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

Description

An appeal to fear of serious but unspecified consequences.

Parent technique

This subtechnique refines C003 Emotional appeals.

Other subtechniques of C003

C003.002Guilt appeals
C003.003Obligation appeals
C003.004Shame appeals
C003.005Sympathy appeals

Tags

emotional-manipulation fear

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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Fear appeals (C003.001), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/C003.001/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_c003_001,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{C003.001 Fear appeals}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/C003.001/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}