There are dozens of example of common social engineering tactics of varying sophistication, including:
Scarily commonplace: An employee clicks on trustworthy-looking but malicious email and lets in a ransomware attack on their entire company.
Embarrassing: Pathé executives pay over $21M to a fraudulent recipient before realizing the source of their email instructions was not actually their CEO.
Futuristic: Criminals impersonate a CEO’s voice using AI-enabled deepfake audio technology to direct fraudulent wire transfers of $250K.