2.2.7 Fake Credit Line Or Loan Scam

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Synthetic Examples

• 2.2.7 Sample Data 1 - count: 500. With fake phone numbers and urls

• 2.2.7 Sample Data 2 - count: 319. With fake phone numbers and urls

• 2.2.7 Sample Data 3 - count: 319. Same as Sample Data 2 but with [url] and [phone]

Related Crime Schemes

A particular instance of this scam may embed one or more of these related schemes.

• Advance Fee Scheme: In an advance fee scheme, the scammer asks for a small upfront fee in advance of providing a larger payout later. In reality, the larger payout never arrives.

• Data Loss or Theft: Any scheme that results in victim losing data/scammer stealing data. Data in this context can mean login credentials, credit card details, or other personal or corporate information.

• Fraudulent Platform: Any scheme that relies on custom built software that assists the crime. Includes fraudulent trading platforms, fraudulent clickworking platforms, and the like.

Victim Targeting Context

The scammer may use one or more of the following techniques to reach the victim.

• Spray and Pray / Scattered: The scammer approaches many victims at once such as through bulk email or SMS.

Social Engineering: Psychological Manipulations

The scammer may use one or more of these psychological techniques to accomplish the scam.

• Authority: The scammer employs an abuse of a position of authority to convince the victim to go along with the scam.

• Easy Money: The scammer promises easy money or makes appeals designed to leverage victim's greed.

• Flattery: The scammer uses praise or flattery to increase the likelihood that the victim will go along with the scam.

• Urgency: The scammer employs urgency to increase the likelihood that the victim will take action.

Social Engineering: Impersonation Techniques

The scammer may impersonate one or more of the following groups as part of the scam.

• Banking / Finance: The scammer impersonates a banking official or financial institution.

EBNF Definition

ART_2_2_7 = "ART", ("emailMessage" | "smsMessages" | "voiceMessage" | "websiteCode" | "websiteScreenshot");

CRIME_2_2_7 = "CRIME", ("advancefee" | "dataloss" | "fraudulentPlatform");

CTA_2_2_7 = "CTA", ("reply" | "phone" | "url" | "lookalikeURL" | "shortURL" );

IMP_2_2_7 = "IMP", ("banking");

PSY_2_2_7 = "PSY", ("authority" | "easymoney" | "flattery" | "urgency");

Scam_2_2_7 = "Fake Credit Lines and Loans Scam",
    "2.2.7",
    {ART_2_2_7},
    {CRIME_2_2_7},
    {CTA_2_2_7},
    {IMP_2_2_7},
    {PSY_2_2_7},
    "TARGET",("spray");