Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The SE Etc. Series. This series is hosted by Chris Hadnagy, CEO of Social-Engineer LLC, and The Innocent Lives Foundation, as well as Social-Engineer.Org and The Institute for Social Engineering. Chris will be joined by his co-host Patrick Laverty as they discuss topics pertaining to the world of Social Engineering. [Feb 27, 2023]
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Show Notes
Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The SE Etc. Series. This series will be hosted by Chris Hadnagy, CEO of Social-Engineer LLC, and The Innocent Lives Foundation, as well as Social-Engineer.Org and The Institute for Social Engineering. Chris will be joined by his co-host Patrick Laverty as they discuss topics pertaining to the world of Social Engineering. [Feb 27, 2023]
00:00 – Intro
00:46 – Patrick Laverty Intro
01:40 – Intro Links
- Tuxcare – tuxcare.com
- Social-Engineer.com– http://www.social-engineer.com/
- Managed Voice Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK– https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH– http://www.pro-rock.com/
- org– http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/
06:11 – Todays Topic: Popular Scams and How They Work
08:21 – Let’s Start with Romance Scams
10:10 – How it Starts
15:34 – Preying on Loss
17:01 – What about the IRS scams?
20:52 – Protecting the Grandparents
23:28 – Real Customer Service
27:32 – The Parent Trap
29:51 – Scamming Kids
32:00 – What can we do?
33:43 – The Next Steps
37:01 – The Power of Suggestions
39:27 – Wrap Up & Outro
Find us online
- Chris Hadnagy
- Twitter: @humanhacker
- LinkedIn: com/in/christopherhadnagy
- Patrick Laverty
- Twitter: @plaverty9
- LinkedIn: com/in/plaverty9