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Attack Patterns CAPEC-412 — Pretexting via Customer Service
CAPEC-412

Pretexting via Customer Service

TLP:CLEAR

Description

Typical severity: Low. An adversary engages in pretexting behavior, assuming the role of someone who works for Customer Service, to solicit information from target persons, or manipulate the target into performing an action that serves the adversary's interests. One example of a scenario such as this would be to call an individual, articulate your false affiliation with a credit card company, and then attempt to get the individual to verify their credit card number.

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Platforms
Social-engineering
Social-engineering
Added
Jul 14, 2026
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