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Unusual Secrecy: An employee emphasizes that a transaction is highly confidential and should not be discussed with other team members or standard approvers.
Urgency and Pressure: There is an intense push to act quickly to secure a deal or avoid a penalty. Scammers know that if a target has time to think, the scheme often fails.
Resistance to Protocol: An employee or executive shows frustration with standard verification procedures and attempts to bypass established internal controls to expedite payment.
Scripted Responses: If questioned by finance or compliance teams, the individual requesting the payment offers vague, repetitive, or rehearsed answers that do not align with standard business logic.

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