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Match social-engineering signals
Match each message excerpt to the manipulation signal it demonstrates.
Manipulation signal map
Pressure changes behavior before it changes a system
- Urgency
- Reduce the target's thinking time
- Secrecy
- Prevent a second person from checking
- Authority
- Make questions feel disobedient
- Emotion
- Use fear, reward, or concern to provoke action
One signal does not prove an attack, but each signal is a reason to slow down and inspect the request independently.