Account takeover
Technique in the Financial Gain (F000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle
Description
A takeover of a banking, payment, or crypto account to drain balances or send transfers.
Subtechniques
- F008.001Bank account takeoverA takeover of a bank account to transfer money or withdraw cash.
- F008.002P2P account takeoverA takeover of a payment app account (PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Zelle) to send funds elsewhere.
- F008.003Cryptocurrency exchange account takeoverA takeover of a crypto exchange account to withdraw or liquidate digital assets.
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How to cite
Plain text:
Narang, S. S. (2026). Account takeover (F008), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/F008/BibTeX:
@misc{scms03_f008,
author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
title = {{F008 Account takeover}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
year = {2026},
version = {0.3},
url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/F008/},
note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}