PURPOSE Social engineering is when someone manipulates people into sharing information, sending money, granting access, or bypassing normal procedures. COMMON SIGNS Look for urgency, secrecy, pressure, authority claims, emotional manipulation, unusual requests, or attempts to move the conversation outside normal channels. COMMON EXAMPLES Fake IT support calls, executive impersonation, vendor payment changes, password requests, delivery scams, and messages asking for MFA codes. WHAT TO DO Slow down, verify the request through a trusted channel, and report anything suspicious. BEST PRACTICE A real emergency can survive verification. A scam usually hates it.