E005

Public figure impersonation

Technique 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 a celebrity, influencer, or famous CEO.

Tags

impersonation celebrity

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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Public figure impersonation (E005), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/E005/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_e005,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{E005 Public figure impersonation}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/E005/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}