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Technique Used Message Likely to be Successful? Scarcity Dear friend, | am small African country and need your help in depositing millions USD into an account, which | gladly share with you. Please provide me with your contact Info to begin. You wont get this good of deal elsewhere. oO Authority ¥ Dear Comcast customer, we have received complaints from customers aboutthe slow speed of the network and believeit may be malware related, Our antivirus division has verified thisis the case and has created a script to clean up the malware. We are providing this service free of charge for all of our customers. When you get a chance, please click on the link below to run this cleanup script. Social Proof ¥ Hey, it's been a while since we talked. | found this awesome game online that everyone is playing and | think we should too. | attached the zip file with the game. If you double-click the attachment, it will automatically load the game for you. Scarcity ¥ Hello, a friend of yours mentioned tous that you like to collect rare figurines. My museum is going out of business, sol am offering people, like yourself, an opportunity to purchase some priceless antiques at a deep discount. | have included a link to a website where you can browse and purchase any items you like, Itrust you will keep this confidential, as some of these items donot belongto me. Please hurry, these items are selling fastand there is limited time to purchase. Hey, Ive seen you at the local coffee shop a lot lately illegally downloading movies and songs. Iwill turn this evidence over to the authorities unless you click on the linkbelow and deposit 1 Bitcoin in account +#12131112 by COB Friday. Likeness Wow. your profile picture looks great and | think we have alot in common. Please check cut my profile if you want to get together for a date. a ny if Urgency ¥ Instructions Earn $3,200 a week without ever leaving your home! This opportunity will not last long. Click on the enclosed link for more information before all of the positions are filled. Based on the scenario, use the dropdown selectors to identify the social engineering technique used in the email message, then use the checkboxes to identify if the associated message is likely to be successful, Technique Used Message Likely to be Successful? Dear friend, | am small African country and need your help in depositingmillions USD into an account, which gladly share with you. Please provide me with your contact info to begin. You won'tgettthis good ofded! elsewhere. Dear Comcast customer, we have received complaints from customers aboutthe slow speed of the network and believeit may be malware related. Our antivirus division has verified this s the case and has created a script to cleanup the malware. We are providing this service free of charge for al of our customers. When you get a chance, please click on the link below to run thiscleantin script. 7 a Hey, its been a while since we talked. | tounc this awesome game online that everyones playing and! think we should too. | attached the zip file with the game. IF you double-dickthe attachment. it will automatically load the game for you. Scarcity Hello, frlend of yours mentioned to us thatyou like to collect rare figurines. My museum is going out of business, so am offering people, likeyourself, an opportunity to purchase some priceless antiques at a deep discount. have included a link to a websit2 were you can browse and purchase any items you like. I trustyou will keep this confidential, as some of these items do not belong to me. Please hurry, these items are sellingfast and there is limited time topurchase. Fear Hey, ve seen you at the local coffee shop a lot ately illegally downloading movies and songs. Iwill turn this evidence over to the authorities unless you click on the link below and deposit * Bitcoin inaccount #1213117 2 by COD Friday. wala Wow, your profile picture looks greatanc | thinkwe have alotin common. Please check out my profile if you want to get together for a date. Earn $3,200 a week without ever leaving your home! This opportunity will not last ong. Click on the enclosed link for more information before all of the positions are filled. gee; e |#/e2\e You got 11 out of 14 correct. Likeness: Scarcity: “You won't get this good a deal elsewhere." Authority: “Dear Comcast customer.” Likeness: “I found this awesome game online.” Urgency: “Please, these items are selling fast and there is limited time to purchase.” Fear: “I will turn this evidence over to the authorities...” “| think we have a lot in common. Please check out my profile if you want to get together for a date.” Urgency: "This opportunity will nat last long.” v ive] | a 
