Three important things that a social engineering attacker harvest on

https://www.fraudconferencenews.com/home/2018/4/10/cybersecurity-expert-speaks-on-social-engineering-techniques-and-gdpr-vulnerabilities

This article has interesting comments about user behavior. and it says that the three “hot states” that fraudsters tap into when attempting their scams in the hopes of clouding your better judgment:

1. Authority: When an email looks like it comes from your boss or someone with a lot of authority or gravitas, you don’t want to challenge them.
2. Curiosity: When social engineers mention salaries and bonuses, or when you receive an email from a friend with pictures of wild party a few weeks ago, you may act on your curiosity.
3. Temptation: When we are made to feel sexually interested in something, we don’t think about a dangerous situation we could be getting ourselves into.