Social engineering as a way of committing cyber crimes

The article considers social engineering as a method of committing crimes in the field of computer information. The opinions of scientists and specialists in the field of computer technologies on the issue of a meaningful definition of social engineering are analyzed, the eight most popular methods (techniques) of using social engineering are highlighted and illustrated: phishing, pre-texting, «Trojan horse», extortionist, qui pro quo, vishing, «Road apple», reverse social engineering.