E002.001

Government agency impersonation

Subtechnique in the Exploiting Trust (E000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle

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

Description

An impersonation of the IRS, Social Security, DMV, tax office, or customs.

Parent technique

This subtechnique refines E002 Authority impersonation.

Other subtechniques of E002

Tags

impersonation authority government
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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Government agency impersonation (E002.001), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/E002.001/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_e002_001,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{E002.001 Government agency impersonation}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/E002.001/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}