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The “Bitcoin Generator” Scam

open access: yesBlockchain: Research and Applications, 2022
The “Bitcoin Generator Scam” (BGS) is a cyberattack in which scammers promise to provide victims with free cryptocurrencies in exchange for a small mining fee. In this paper, we present a data-driven system to detect, track, and analyze the BGS. It works
Emad Badawi   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

The scam of pseudoscience

open access: yesMètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review, 2021
P Nombre y apellido seudosciences are by-products of the prestige of science as a social enterprise and as a means of obtaining knowledge. Their character is inherently negative, given that, by definition, a pseudoscience is an intellectual fraud ...
Angelo Fasce
doaj   +3 more sources

Eth-PSD: A Machine Learning-Based Phishing Scam Detection Approach in Ethereum

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2022
Recently, the rapid flourish of blockchain technology in the financial field has attracted many cybercriminals’ attention to launching blockchain-based attacks such as ponzi schemes, scam wallets, and phishing scams.
Arkan Hammoodi Hasan Kabla   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Let’s Talk aBOT Scam Online Survey Completions in Health Behavior Research: Tutorial With Case Studies, Practical Guidance, and a Checklist for Researchers [PDF]

open access: yesJMIR Public Health and Surveillance
BackgroundOnline data collection can reach large populations efficiently and cost-effectively. However, the increase in bots and scammers (ie, person- or software-based fraudulent completions) completing online surveys raises data
Lauren Arundell   +9 more
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THE LEGAL PROOF OF MACAU SCAM IN MALAYSIA

open access: yesMalaysian Journal of Syariah and Law, 2022
Although there are 5218 Macau scam cases reported since January to October 2020, from the total of the cases, 1420 cases were charged and 2676 were arrested by the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP). This fact can be considered as strong evidence to proof that
Nurbazla Ismail   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

S-SCAM inhibits Axin-dependent synaptic function of GSK3β in a sex-dependent manner

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
S-SCAM/MAGI-2 gene duplication is associated with schizophrenia (SCZ). S-SCAM overexpression in the forebrain induces SCZ-like phenotypes in a transgenic (Tg) mouse model.
Gillian Kearney   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Fear and Rational Appeal Scam Techniques on Individual Susceptibility

open access: yesمجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2021
Scams remain among top cybercrime incidents happening around the world. Individuals with high susceptibility to persuasion are considered as risk-takers and prone to be scam victims.
Siti Nurdiana Abu Bakar   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

MAZEPHISHING: THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS CREDIBLE SOCIAL CONTEXT FOR SOCIAL ENGINEERING ATTACKS [PDF]

open access: yesTrames, 2021
The first months of the COVID-19 pandemic witnessed a surge of social engineering attacks. Although the pandemic is certainly not the first occurrence of socially disruptive circumstances that drive cybercrime, relevant academic scholarship has remained ...
Kristjan Kikerpill, Andra Siibak
doaj   +1 more source

Properties of ScAlMgO4 as Substrate for Nitride Semiconductors

open access: yesCrystals, 2023
SCAM has been expected to be a suitable substrate for GaN blue-light-emitting-diodes (LEDs) and high-power high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) because of its lower lattice mismatch to GaN than that of the widely used sapphire.
Takashi Matsuoka   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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