[HTML][HTML] What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021)

S Lazarus, JM Whittaker, MR McGuire, L Platt - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - Elsevier
We aimed to identify the critical insights from empirical peer-reviewed studies on online
romance fraud published between 2000 and 2021 through a systematic literature review …

[HTML][HTML] Are fraud victims nothing more than animals? Critiquing the propagation of “pig butchering”(Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘)

JM Whittaker, S Lazarus, T Corcoran - Journal of Economic Criminology, 2024 - Elsevier
This is a theoretical treatment of the term" Sha Zhu Pan"(杀猪盘) in Chinese, which
translates to “Pig-Butchering” in English. The article critically examines the propagation and …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the rise of fraud in England and Wales through field theory: blip or flip?

M Button, B Hock, D Shepherd, P Gilmour - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a debate at the highest levels of government and civil society over whether the rise
in fraud is a blip exacerbated by the pandemic or a more fundamental transformation (or flip) …

A comprehensive analytical review on cybercrime in West Africa

V Adewopo, SW Azumah, MA Yakubu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Cybercrime is a growing concern in West Africa due to the increasing use of technology and
internet penetration in the region. Legal frameworks are essential for guiding the control of …

[HTML][HTML] Cheques or dating scams? Online fraud themes in hip-hop songs across popular music apps

S Lazarus, O Olaigbe, A Adeduntan, ET Dibiana… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - Elsevier
How do hip-hop songs produced from 2017 to 2023 depict and rationalize online fraud?
This study examines the depiction of online fraudsters in thirty-three Nigerian hip-hop songs …

Sentiment analysis of financial Twitter posts on Twitter with the machine learning classifiers

H Cam, AV Cam, U Demirel, S Ahmed - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
This paper presents a sentiment analysis combining the lexicon-based and machine
learning (ML)-based approaches in Turkish to investigate the public mood for the prediction …

[HTML][HTML] Online deviance in post-Soviet space: Victimisation, perceptions and social attitudes amongst young people, an Armenian case study

T Hall, U Ziemer - Digital Geography and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a survey-based case study of the experiences and perceptions of, and
attitudes towards, various forms of online deviance amongst a largely female, educated …

Cybercriminal Networks and Operational Dynamics of Business Email Compromise (BEC) Scammers: Insights from the “Black Axe” Confraternity

S Lazarus - Deviant Behavior, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT I explored the relationship between the “Black Axe” Confraternity and
cybercrime, with a particular emphasis on the structural dynamics of the Business Email …

Stigmatization Through Positioning and Interpretative Repertoires: The Case of Honor Crimes in the Arab World

S Abuarrah - Deviant Behavior, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In the context of “honor” crimes in the Arab world, victims are subjected to stigmatization for
deviating from societal norms by perpetrators seeking to assuage their culpability …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of 419 Scams: The Trends and New Variants in Emerging Types

PV Falade - Int. J. Sci. Res. in Computer Science and Engineering …, 2023 - researchgate.net
The rapid advancement of technology has brought about significant transformations in
various facets of human existence, ushering in an era of improved communication …