Close relationship impersonation
Technique in the Exploiting Trust (E000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle
Description
An impersonation of someone the victim knows personally.
Subtechniques
- E008.001Family impersonationAn impersonation of a parent, grandparent, child, sibling, or spouse.
- E008.002Friend impersonationAn impersonation of a real-life or online friend.
- E008.003Romantic partner impersonationAn impersonation of a current or former partner.
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How to cite
Plain text:
Narang, S. S. (2026). Close relationship impersonation (E008), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/E008/BibTeX:
@misc{scms03_e008,
author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
title = {{E008 Close relationship impersonation}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
year = {2026},
version = {0.3},
url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/E008/},
note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}