Jason E. Street USES Pretexting
Jason uses fabricated auditor, Microsoft, and headquarters-related stories as pretexts to obtain access.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jason E. Street EP 6 Details
“I could have done all these pretexts”
Technique
technique:pretexting
Also: false identity, pretext, ruse
Use of a fabricated identity, story, or professional role to obtain physical or network access.
Use of fabricated roles, audits, authorizations, and explanations to persuade bank employees to grant access.
“I’m here with Microsoft. I’m doing a USB audit”
“I show him this forged e-mail on an iPad.”
Use of a fabricated identity, story, or professional role to obtain physical or network access.
“this would be a perfect cover or pretext. They were gonna pretend to be PCI auditors”
“They plan out their pretext or ruse.”
Using a fabricated identity or scenario to obtain information or initiate contact with a target.
“I was actually having to identify what was in the background of the photos”
“He creates a fake LinkedIn profile and business cards”
Use of a fabricated role or story to obtain access or cooperation.
“My pretext was, I was going in to do some training on the inside of the bank.”
“she was going in posing as a journalist”
Using an invented identity, role, or scenario to make a target trust the caller and disclose information.
“I had a pretext ready, which is who she was going to pretend to be”
“the pretext that I came up with was I was helping IT”
Using fabricated legal, criminal, or financial circumstances as a pretext for obtaining money.
“I’ve been charged for hitting the waiter.”
“The lawyer is also from Punjab and he wants to help.”
Pretending to be another person or employee and constructing a plausible scenario to obtain information or access.
“That is, pretend to be someone else”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | USES | Jason E. Street | Explicit | 6 |
| incoming | USES | Christopher Hadnagy | Explicit | 69 |
| incoming | USES | Paint Parrot | Explicit | 80 |
| incoming | USES | Jenny Radcliffe | Explicit | 90 |
| incoming | USES | Alethe Denis | Explicit | 107 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Punjab family-impersonation scam | Derived | 138 |
| incoming | USES | Rachel Tobac | Explicit | 144 |
Jason E. Street USES Pretexting
Jason uses fabricated auditor, Microsoft, and headquarters-related stories as pretexts to obtain access.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jason E. Street EP 6 Details
“I could have done all these pretexts”
Christopher Hadnagy USES Pretexting
Chris and Ryan impersonated PCI auditors as a pretext for entering the bank.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Christopher Hadnagy EP 69 Details
“We were gonna pretend to be PCI auditors to try to get access to the building”
“They plan out their pretext or ruse”
Paint Parrot USES Pretexting
Paint Parrot created a false identity, backstory, LinkedIn profile, and business cards as a pretext for approaching the target.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 80 Details
“Paint Parrot needs to come up with a pretext, a backstory as to who he is”
Jenny Radcliffe USES Pretexting
Jenny uses a pretext as part of a covert physical-access operation.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jenny Radcliffe EP 90 Details
“My pretext was, I was going in to do some training on the inside of the bank.”
Alethe Denis USES Pretexting
Alethe develops and uses pretexts to impersonate employees or trusted vendors during calls.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Alethe Denis EP 107 Details
“I’ve kinda got an idea of what type of pretext I’m gonna use”
Punjab family-impersonation scam INVOLVES Pretexting
The callers use fabricated emergencies, arrests, criminal charges, and legal problems as pretexts for requesting money.
Derived Confidence 96% · Cousin EP 138 Details
“I’m calling you because I’m in trouble and I need your help.”
Rachel Tobac USES Pretexting
Rachel uses pretexts, including posing as a confused employee, journalist, customer, or job applicant.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Rachel Tobac EP 144 Details
“I pretend to be an employee who’s confused, who’s just starting out”
“I built a fake journalist pretext”