Abstract The online dating romance scam is an Advance Fee Fraud, typically conducted by international criminal groups via online dating sites and social networking sites. This type of mass-marketing fraud (MMF) is the most frequently reported type of MMF in most...
Abstract Online romance scams defraud dating website users of large amounts of money and inflict serious psychological harm. Victims of these scams often blame themselves for their losses and are blamed by others. We consider whether victims actually do share...
Abstract Purpose – This paper develops a theoretical framework to predict susceptibility to cyber-fraud victimhood. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was constructed to examine whether personality, socio-demographic characteristics, and online routine activities...
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