Summary

This tutorial on Elicitation covered some of the most powerful points— powerful in the sense that applying them can change not only your social engineering abilities but also your abilities as a communicator.

Knowing how to ask the right questions in the right tense and the right manner can open so many opportunities. As a social engineer, this is what separates success from failure.

First impressions are based initially on sight, but what comes out of your mouth first can make or break the deal. Mastering elicitation can almost guarantee success as a social engineer and can add serious weight to any pretext you decide to use.

Throughout this tutorial we mentioned the power of pretexting.

This is another topic that every social engineer, both malicious and professional, must master.

But how can you ensure you accomplish this goal? To answer this you must learn about pretexting and understand exactly what it is, in our next tutorial.