The best attacks are always the ones where the victim is truly surprised at how far you were willing to go to pull it off. So are the best magic tricks.
How I attacked a fellow student
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Re: How I attacked a fellow student
#22The title is a bit misleading. It's not an attack, more like well done social engineering. But the context is very helpful - especially with the amount of detail you provide, along with the email exchange, one can see the target was totally abused. The lanyard, laptop, false recruiting - you really overdid it, but I mean that in a positive way. I like it, it's so great - you could almost make a movie out of it ;-) Th…
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#24I thought "Please find attached herewith my resume for your kind perusal" was a joke but apparently that's how this person really responded. Recruiters: how does this forced, over-formal tone affect your impression of a candidate?
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#25I thought "Please find attached herewith my resume for your kind perusal" was a joke but apparently that's how this person really responded. Recruiters: how does this forced, over-formal tone affect your impression of a candidate?
The other student was an international student, his English overall was quite formal. Really lovely guy though :)
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#26I felt pretty bad for the target. Even though he was fairly warned, and knew to expect social engineering attacks, you could see he was quite excited about the potential opportunity at X co; else he wouldn't have put so much energy into that looong email exchange. Poor, guy. But good lesson, I suppose.
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#27I felt pretty bad for the target. Even though he was fairly warned, and knew to expect social engineering attacks, you could see he was quite excited about the potential opportunity at X co; else he wouldn't have put so much energy into that looong email exchange. Poor, guy. But good lesson, I suppose.
I just posted the targets response when he found out. He was very gracious.
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#28I felt pretty bad for the target. Even though he was fairly warned, and knew to expect social engineering attacks, you could see he was quite excited about the potential opportunity at X co; else he wouldn't have put so much energy into that looong email exchange. Poor, guy. But good lesson, I suppose.
I just posted the targets response when he found out. He was very gracious.
What a fantastic course, and a great show of character from Mr. Target. Hat tips all round.
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#29I thought "Please find attached herewith my resume for your kind perusal" was a joke but apparently that's how this person really responded. Recruiters: how does this forced, over-formal tone affect your impression of a candidate?
I am guessing that the student in question was from India. That's how many Indians write official/business letters; likely a relic of the colonial times.
Re: How I attacked a fellow student
#30I thought "Please find attached herewith my resume for your kind perusal" was a joke but apparently that's how this person really responded. Recruiters: how does this forced, over-formal tone affect your impression of a candidate?
The other student was an international student, his English overall was quite formal. Really lovely guy though :)
I suspect the other student was more susceptible to this sort of thing since he was a non native speaker. I'd be curious to see if it would've worked on an American.