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Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime

Sarkar, Gargi; Shukla, Sandeep K. (2024) — Journal of Human Trafficking

Type: Journal Article Country: Global Tags: cybercrime, human trafficking, cyber-enabled trafficking, romance scams, pig butchering, transnational organized crime, policy and law enforcement, SEZs and cross-border crime

Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime is presented as a scholarly entry in the Journal of Human Trafficking that situates trafficking within cybercrime ecos...

Connecting Chinese and American Scam Victims

Reiter, Jonathan; Team, Bitrace (2024) — SSRN Electronic Journal

Type: Journal Article Country: Global Tags: pig_butchering, romance_scam, cryptocurrency, on_chain_analysis, money_laundering, cross_border_scams, forensic_analysis, exchanges, pig-butchering, romance scam, on-chain analysis, money laundering, cross-border, forensic-research

Connecting Chinese and American Scam Victims examines how fraud experiences are shaped by cross-cultural and cross-border contexts, focusing on victimization in two national settings. The work surveys how digital platfor...

Crypto-Cognitive Exploitation: Integrating Cognitive, Social, and Technological perspectives on cryptocurrency fraud

Perdana, Arif; Jhee Jiow, Hee (2024) — Telematics and Informatics

Type: Journal Article Country: Global Tags: cryptocurrency fraud, cognitive vulnerability, social engineering, romance scams, pig butchering, DeFi scams, regulatory strategies, text analytics

Crypto-Cognitive Exploitation offers a catalog-style synthesis of how fraud in cryptocurrency environments emerges from the interplay of cognitive processes, social dynamics, and technological infrastructures. The volume...

Hook, line, and sinker: the mechanics of fraud

M. Houck, Max (2023) — Handbook on Crime and Technology

Type: Journal Article Country: Global Tags: fraud, con, scam, social-engineering, narrative, cybercrime, deception, psychology

This handbook examines the mechanics of fraud within contemporary crime and technology environments. It presents a conceptual account of how fraudulent schemes operate, how actors identify opportunities, and how deceptio...

Susceptibility to COVID-19 Scams: The Roles of Age, Individual Difference Measures, and Scam-Related Perceptions

Nolte, Julia; Hanoch, Yaniv; Wood, Stacey; Hengerer, David (2021) — Frontiers in Psychology

Type: Journal Article Country: Global Tags: COVID-19 scams, fraud susceptibility, age differences, bullshit receptivity, ad skepticism, impulsivity, risk perception, older adults, victim experience, psychology, AI misuse, risk factors, prevention, measurement

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...

Individual differences in susceptibility to online influence: A theoretical review

Williams, Emma J.; Beardmore, Amy; Joinson, Adam N. (2017) — Computers in Human Behavior

Type: Journal Article Country: Global Tags: online scams, phishing, social engineering, individual differences, information processing, trust, decision making, risk, romance scams, theoretical review, Elaboration Likelihood Model, Heuristic-Systematic Model

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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