Emotional appeals
Technique in the Coercion (C000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle
Description
A manipulation of the victim's emotions to compel compliance or cloud judgment.
Subtechniques
- C003.001Fear appealsAn appeal to fear of serious but unspecified consequences.
- C003.002Guilt appealsAn appeal to guilt over past actions or perceived wrongs.
- C003.003Obligation appealsAn appeal to duty, reciprocity, or social expectations.
- C003.004Shame appealsAn appeal to shame or embarrassment over personal or moral failures.
- C003.005Sympathy appealsAn appeal to sympathy or compassion for the scammer's claimed hardship.
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How to cite
Plain text:
Narang, S. S. (2026). Emotional appeals (C003), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/C003/BibTeX:
@misc{scms03_c003,
author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
title = {{C003 Emotional appeals}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
year = {2026},
version = {0.3},
url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/C003/},
note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}