C004.001

Legal threats

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

A threat of arrest, lawsuit, or fines if demands are not met.

Parent technique

This subtechnique refines C004 Explicit threats.

Other subtechniques of C004

C004.002Physical threats

Tags

threats legal

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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Legal threats (C004.001), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/C004.001/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_c004_001,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{C004.001 Legal threats}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/C004.001/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}