Authority impersonation
Technique in the Exploiting Trust (E000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle
Description
An impersonation of a government agency or law enforcement.
Subtechniques
E002.001Government agency impersonationAn impersonation of the IRS, Social Security, DMV, tax office, or customs.E002.002Law enforcement agency impersonationAn impersonation of local police, FBI, or Interpol.
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How to cite
Plain text:
Narang, S. S. (2026). Authority impersonation (E002), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/E002/BibTeX:
@misc{scms03_e002,
author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
title = {{E002 Authority impersonation}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
year = {2026},
version = {0.3},
url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/E002/},
note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}