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Using intelligently-posed questions

In elicitation, a social engineer will not simply walk up to a target and request him or her to give out sensitive credentials. While this information is the main goal, it must be sought in a careful manner to avoid raising suspicion. Therefore, social engineers must learn how to ask questions in the right way. Mostly, social engineers will use questions that will appear as useless from the target's perspective and, therefore, they will not be reluctant to answer them. It is only when these tiny bits of information are combined that the big picture is visible.

Let us take a close look at the types of questions that social engineers use in order to gather information from their target:

• Open-ended questions ...