Technique
technique:caller_information_harvesting
Also: personal-data gathering, target profiling
Obtaining personal and family information to make impersonation calls more convincing.
Obtaining personal and family information to make impersonation calls more convincing.
“You gotta know someone’s details to convince them who you’re impersonating”
“if you could give me details of your relatives or anyone in your friend circle”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | INVOLVES | Punjab family-impersonation scam | Explicit | 138 |
Punjab family-impersonation scam INVOLVES caller-information harvesting
The scams rely on obtaining personal details about relatives, children, locations, and phone numbers to make impersonation convincing.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 138 Details
“You gotta know someone’s details to convince them who you’re impersonating”