KnowBe4 - An Unusually Vile Bit of Social Engineering

A woman in Wales lost £1,000 to a scammer who posed as a police officer and threatened that she would lose her children if she didn’t pay the money within an hour, Wales Online reports. The scammer called the woman and told her there was a warrant for her arrest due to unpaid taxes. He informed her that she was facing up to five years in prison unless she paid immediately.



from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/an-unusually-vile-bit-of-social-engineering

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