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We have explored various aspects of social engineering the last few weeks including methods and targets. The manipulative art of social engineering falls under a few distinct philosophies depending on which methods are deployed to get what is wanted. One philosophy of social engineering is “theft from a distance”. Thieves steal things. Social engineers steal things. Therefore the correlation between social engineers and thieves is easy to make, but why are some social engineering methods referred to as “theft from a distance”? The reason is that many social engineering scams are conducted via telephone, email, and other forms of communication that don’t involve direct interaction with the target.