Bracketing
This is also linked to the two preceding topics, assumptive and intelligent questions. Bracketing is used in scenarios where a social engineer wants to get precise information from a target without appearing to be directly requesting it. It is used mostly when looking for numerical information. A social engineer will ask a question followed by an approximation that is purposefully given to instigate the target to give an accurate number in his or her response. For example, a social engineer could ask an employee, Hey! Going by the badge, I assume you work at XYZ company. I hear your security is tighter than in our organization, yet we have two guarded checkpoints and biometric verification before entering the premises. The target ...
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