Not a week goes by without stories about scams appearing in popular media outlets. Given
the ease with which scams can be circulated, they have become one of the most common …

Abstract The “Nigerian Scam”(so named because of its prevalence in the country, especially
during the 1990s, then continued by many organizations in other different regions around …

Cyberspace has become an alternative medium for experiencing new and creative romantic
endeavors with few spatio-temporal limits. E-love networks have proliferated since the mid …

Advance fee fraud is a significant component of online criminal activity. Fraudsters can often
make off with significant sums, and victims will usually find themselves plagued by follow-up …

Romance fraud uses the guise of a genuine relationship to deceive a victim into transferring
often large amounts of money to an offender/s. Romance fraud has been in the top three …

References to various copyrighted trademarks, servicemarks, marks and registered marks
may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a …

Abstract 419 scam (also referred to as 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 …

Romance fraud, where an offender uses the guise of a genuine relationship for monetary
gain, affects millions globally. Further to financial losses, evidence suggests victims may …

In-depth fraud coverage of computer crimes such as pyramid schemes make this crime
library of internet fraud the cybercrime location for the schemes and scams that con artists …

Purpose Romance fraud refers to situations where an individual is deceived for financial
gain by someone with whom the victim perceives to be in a romantic relationship. With the …