According to the Wikipedia article Social engineering “is the act of manipulating people into (…) divulging confidential information.” Now I don’t think that in this case I manipulated Wesley… the following story falls into the category anyway:
Wesley is a new client of mine. I have a very simple assignment: Install Moveable Type on his GoDaddy webspace. To fulfill this task I need his login information. He sent it to me, with an explanation… the password is the name and birthdate of a female whom I accidentally happen to know, not his wife and married to someone else herself.