F002

Fraudulent investment deposit

Technique in the Financial Gain (F000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle

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

Description

A deposit of funds into a scammer-controlled platform, wallet, or account that the victim believes is a legitimate investment vehicle.

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payment investment deposit

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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Fraudulent investment deposit (F002), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/F002/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_f002,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{F002 Fraudulent investment deposit}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/F002/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}