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Social engineering professionals target people they feel are susceptible to their tactics. Many times, a determined criminal or intelligence agent will deploy various social engineering techniques against a target if there is significant information or access to be gained from that individual. Targets are normally unaware that an attack is happening unless they are informed and trained properly to identify and divert the attacks. Social engineering experts might choose targets of opportunity or possibly might choose targets due to specific value. Being a target of social engineering attacks can seem benign, but beware of the consequences of falling into these criminal’s traps.