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I don't know. Based on how it is described in the article, you could detect it via the means you mentioned and raise them as warning flags to the user, but as a last instance there will still be users that ignore all the warning signs and be convinced by a good scam story.

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...such as a person much higher up in the organization giving you a direct "urgent" order. It shouldn't be hard to find corporate employees who really fear their superiors.

Then it's the fault of those superiors for setting up a culture of fear and mindless subservience, instead of one of strong rules even they themselves are expected to follow.

Cryptography without strong social rules is just cargo-cult religion.

A culture of fear and mindless subservience has strong social rules. Would it work there?

Fear culture eats security for lunch. Good points.

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