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RSRC curates scholarship across cyber defense, psychology, criminality, privacy, gerontology, AI misuse, and more—using AI summaries and copyright-compliant links to where the work is published.

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Susceptibility to COVID-19 Scams: The Roles of Age, Individual Difference Measur...

This piece examines Susceptibility to COVID-19 Scams: The Roles of Age, Individual Difference Measures, and Scam-Related Perceptions within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines comm...

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Individual differences in susceptibility to online influence: A theoretical revi...

This piece examines Individual differences in susceptibility to online influence: A theoretical review within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the...

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Butcher or be butchered: understanding the unwitting recruitment by cybercrime g...

This piece examines Butcher or be butchered: understanding the unwitting recruitment by cybercrime groups in China within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns docume...

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Scam Alert: Can Cryptocurrency Scams Be Detected Early?

This catalog entry describes a scholarly work examining whether cryptocurrency scams can be detected early. Published in the SSRN Electronic Journal, the piece surveys theoretical concepts and practical considerations in...

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A new type of victim? Profiling survivors of modern slavery in the online scam i...

This catalog entry examines the emergence within the online scam economy in Southeast Asia of a particular victim group—survivors of modern slavery who become entwined with organized illicit networks. It surveys how thes...

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The Deceptive Allure: Understanding and Combating Cryptocurrency Pig Butchering...

The Deceptive Allure: Understanding and Combating Cryptocurrency Pig Butchering Scams provides a neutral, catalog-style examination of a form of online fraud that has emerged within cryptocurrency ecosystems. The work de...

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Scam Techniques in Pig Butchering Scams: Case Study

This catalog-style synopsis presents a case-study–oriented examination of scam techniques observed in pig butchering fraud, as described in an article published within an SSRN electronic journal. The study frames pig but...

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