EWhoring

From Cognitive Attack Taxonomy

eWhoring

Short Description: Fraudulently impersonating other people as sex models or partners.

CAT ID: CAT-2022-264

Layer: 8

Operational Scale: Tactical

Level of Maturity: Observed in the Wild

Category: TTP

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Detailed Description: A technique used by online scammers in which they fraudulently impersonate other people as sex models and then ask victims for money or items of value in exchange for sexually explicit photos, video, and/or conversations.

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