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Mass-Marketing Fraud: A Growing Concern

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Monica T. WhittyAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Security & Privacy, Volume 13, Issue 4

Pages 84 - 87

https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2015.85

Published: 01 July 2015 Publication History

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Mass-marketing fraud is a growing international problem. Victims of this crime often experience a double hit, losing money as well as being psychologically affected. Understanding how criminals exploit online communication to develop trust and persuade individuals to give up their money is key to future work on the development of prevention programs.

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IEEE Security and Privacy Volume 13, Issue 4

July-Aug. 2015

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Vardhan RChandrawal AChinprutthiwong PZhang YGu G(2023)#DM-Me: Susceptibility to Direct Messaging-Based ScamsProceedings of the 2023 ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security10.1145/3579856.3582815(494-508)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2023
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Dupont BHolt TBorwell JJansen JStol W(2022)The Psychological and Financial Impact of Cybercrime VictimizationSocial Science Computer Review10.1177/089443932098382840:4(933-954)Online publication date: 1-Aug-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1177/0894439320983828
Modic DAnderson R(2015)It's All Over but the Crying: The Emotional and Financial Impact of Internet FraudIEEE Security and Privacy10.1109/MSP.2015.10713:5(99-103)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/MSP.2015.107

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