Internet crime has become increasingly dependent on the underground economy: a loose
federation of specialists selling capabilities, services, and resources explicitly tailored to the …

Across both the public and private sector, cyberse-curity decisions could be informed by
estimates of the likelihood of different types of exploitation and the corresponding harms …

Abstract The Economic Community of West African States is an economic region located in
West Africa. This region has a population of over 349 million and representation for …

Abstract Research Summary The COVID‐19 pandemic threated public health and safety
and led to a number of virus‐related fraud schemes. We surveyed over 2,200 American …

Telephone networks first appeared more than a hundred years ago, long before transistors
were invented. They, therefore, form the oldest large scale network that has grown to touch …

This study focuses on advance fee fraud (AFF) scamming, a specific form of online
deception in which scammers rely on social engineering techniques to deceive individuals …

Cyber criminals are increasingly using robocalling, voice phishing and caller ID spoofing to
craft attacks that are being used to scam unsuspecting users who have traditionally trusted …

Online dating sites are experiencing a rise in popularity, with one in five relationships in the
United States starting on one of these sites. Online dating sites provide a valuable platform …

Advance fee fraud scams, also known as Nigerian scams have evolved from simple
untargeted email messages to more sophisticated scams targeted at users of classifieds …

How do scammers invoke trust within the Nigerian email scam and how do recipients
interpret such trust-laden offers? Rather than view the email content as static, this article …