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Avoiding the SCAMs [PDF]

open access: yesNeuron, 2007
Dendrites from the same neuron usually avoid contact with one another, a behavior known as self-avoidance. In this issue of Neuron and in the upcoming May 4, 2007 issue of Cell, a pair of studies by Soba et al. and Hughes et al. and a study by Matthews et al., respectively, identify products from the highly alternatively spliced Dscam gene as central ...
Kidd, Thomas, Condron, Barry
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Trigonometric words ranking model for spam message classification

open access: yesIET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The significant increase in the volume of fake (spam) messages has led to an urgent need to develop and implement a robust anti‐spam method. Several of the current anti‐spam systems depend mainly on the word order of the message in determining the spam message, which results in the system's inability to predict the correct type of message when
Suha Mohammed Hadi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cryptocurrencies & Initial Coin Offerings: Are they Scams? - An Empirical Study

open access: yesThe Journal of The British Blockchain Association, 2019
The volume of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) hadrisen steeply with an all-time high market capitalisation of close to 1 trillion USD in December 2017. Since thenthe digital asset market has slumped, retreating to approximately 200 billion USD by mid-2018.
Daniel Liebau, Patrick Schueffel
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CONSUMER PROTECTION FOR ONLINE BANKING SCAMS VIA E-MAIL IN MALAYSIA

open access: yesUUM Journal of Legal Studies, 2012
The new advancement in technology both hard and soft is creating new opportunities for cyber criminals. It is an effective tool for going against the law.
Edy Santoso
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Vulnerability and fraud: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
This study examines consumer fraud at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and provides novel evidence for the opportunity model of predatory victimization.
Yun Zhang   +3 more
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Social Engineering Attacks: A Survey

open access: yesFuture Internet, 2019
The advancements in digital communication technology have made communication between humans more accessible and instant. However, personal and sensitive information may be available online through social networks and online services that lack the ...
Fatima Salahdine, Naima Kaabouch
doaj   +1 more source

The scam of pseudoscience

open access: yesMetode Science Studies Journal, 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 consisting of products, practices, or ideas unconnected with scientific rationality that are asserted as ...
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Making judgments about other people: impression formation and attributional processing in older adults

open access: yesInternational Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2013
Older adults face changing relationships with family members and friends with aging. Social cognition researchers investigate how individuals think about these social situations.
Abby Heckman Coats   +1 more
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Scams and spamnals [PDF]

open access: yesPostgraduate Medical Journal, 2012
My internet provider, like most, carries advertisements on its home page. A recent one for a dating agency invited me to enter my age, postcode and relationship preferences into a menu. For fun, I entered my details as a 95-year-old woman living in the Outer Hebrides, seeking love with an older woman. The site immediately informed me there were several
openaire   +2 more sources

Characterizing cryptocurrency exchange scams [PDF]

open access: yesComputers & Security, 2020
As the indispensable trading platforms of the ecosystem, hundreds of cryptocurrency exchanges are emerging to facilitate the trading of digital assets. While, it also attracts the attentions of attackers. A number of scam attacks were reported targeting cryptocurrency exchanges, leading to a huge mount of financial loss.
Pengcheng Xia 0001   +7 more
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