Shame appeals
Subtechnique in the Coercion (C000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle
Description
An appeal to shame or embarrassment over personal or moral failures.
Parent technique
This subtechnique refines C003 Emotional appeals.
Other subtechniques of C003
Tags
How to cite
Plain text:
Narang, S. S. (2026). Shame appeals (C003.004), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/C003.004/BibTeX:
@misc{scms03_c003_004,
author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
title = {{C003.004 Shame appeals}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
year = {2026},
version = {0.3},
url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/C003.004/},
note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}