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THE HEALTH IMPACT OF SCAMS [PDF]

Innovation in Aging, 2019
Abstract This presentation will offer new and alternate insights into ‘scams’ and the health effects of fraud on older people. It reports data captured from a Mass Observation Project “Directive” focusing on scams and their impact on individuals. Eighty “Observers’” aged 50 and over responded to the “Directive”.
Bailey, Jan, Kingston, Paul, Taylor, Louise, Eost-Telling, Louise   +3 more
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Clearing Up Charitable Giving

EDIS, 2018
  Life is filled with uncertainty and when a disaster or hard times occur often times individuals and families are rendered vulnerable with feelings that include helplessness and confusion.
Lynda M. Spence
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Building of safer urban hubs: Insights from a comparative study on cyber telecom scams and early warning design

Urban Governance, 2023
As digital technologies and smart city development continue to grow, the threats of cybercrime and scams have become increasingly salient for city managers, businesses, and citizens worldwide.
Chunjin Zhu, Chenlu Zhang, Renke Wang, Jingwen Tian, Ruoxuan Hu, Jingtong Zhao, Yaxin Ke, Ning Liu   +7 more
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Poor decision making is a consequence of cognitive decline among older persons without Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Decision making is an important determinant of health and well-being across the lifespan but is critical in aging, when many influential decisions are made just as cognitive function declines.
Patricia A Boyle, Lei Yu, Robert S Wilson, Keith Gamble, Aron S Buchman, David A Bennett   +5 more
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Old techniques, new technologies: Exploring patterns from scammers that commit financial fraud via cryptocurrency

Journal of Economic Criminology
This study investigates cryptocurrency-related scams using data from two state scam trackers, focusing on scam types, financial losses, and scammers' methods of contact.
Brandon Dulisse, Chivon Fitch, Jaden Denis, Nathan Connealy   +3 more
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Legal Analysis Regarding Donation Fraud Through Online Media

Justisi
Indonesia already has regulations in place to regulate digital fraud matter, but these regulations have not been able to accommodate current needs. The novelty in this research is that this research discusses current issues where fraud is carried out ...
Shenti Agustini, Ampuan Situmeang, Agustianto Agustianto   +2 more
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Serum concentrations of endothelial cell adhesion molecules and their shedding enzymes and early onset sepsis in newborns in Suriname

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2018
Background Early onset sepsis (EOS) is defined as onset of sepsis within 72 hours after birth. Leucocyte-endothelial interactions play a pivotal part in EOS pathophysiology.
Rens Zonneveld, Rianne M Jongman, Amadu Juliana, Grietje Molema, Matijs van Meurs, Frans B Plötz   +5 more
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Inside the SCAM Jungle: A Closer Look at 419 Scam Email Operations [PDF]

2013 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops, 2013
Nigerian scam is a popular form of fraud in which the fraudster tricks the victim into paying a certain amount of money under the promise of a future, larger payoff. Using a public dataset, in this paper we study how these forms of scam campaigns are organized and evolve over time.
Jelena Isacenkova, Olivier Thonnard, Andrei Costin, Aurélien Francillon, Davide Balzarotti   +4 more
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Supporting crime script analyses of scams with natural language processing

Crime Science, 2023
In recent years, internet connectivity and the ubiquitous use of digital devices have afforded a landscape of expanding opportunity for the proliferation of scams involving attempts to deceive individuals into giving away money or personal information ...
Zeya Lwin Tun, Daniel Birks
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Susceptibility to COVID-19 Scams: The Roles of Age, Individual Difference Measures, and Scam-Related Perceptions

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic was unfolding, a surge in scams was registered across the globe. While COVID-19 poses higher health risks for older adults, it is unknown whether older adults are also facing higher financial risks as a result of COVID-19 scams ...
Julia Nolte, Yaniv Hanoch, Stacey Wood, David Hengerer   +3 more
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