C008.002

Covert surveillance

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 monitoring tactic disguised as assistance or account protection to track the victim's actions.

Parent technique

This subtechnique refines C008 Surveillance.

Other subtechniques of C008

Tags

surveillance control monitoring
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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Covert surveillance (C008.002), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/C008.002/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_c008_002,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{C008.002 Covert surveillance}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/C008.002/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}