Index
Numbers
1700s, 14
1800s, 7–9, 14–15
1900s. See also history of social engineering
’20s, 11
’40s, 11–12
’50s, 12–13
’70s–’90s, 13, 224–225
early, 7, 9–11
2000 to present. See also present day social engineering, 13–16
419 scams. See Nigerian 419 scams
A
Abagnale, Frank William, Jr., 12–13, 24, 48, 127
Abercrombie, Joe, 75
accents, 61, 66
acceptable use policies, 210–211
access
codes for, 151
policies for, 211
for tests, 20
by visitors, 213
ACE Hackware, 188–189
Acoustic Kitty, 228
Action Fraud, 209
Adler, James, 221
advance fee fraud scams
history of, 223–225
introduction to, 4–5
new versions of, 221
advance information, 79
Adventure of the Abbey Grange, 139
Aguilera, Christina, 236
Ahmed, Salam, 59–60
alert services, 101
Allen, Paul,

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