How to get away with fraud: the successful techniques of scamming
- Written by Cassandra Cross, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Queensland University of Technology
Fraudsters use specific social engineering tactics to gain the trust of their victims.Shutterstock
It is easy for those of us who have ignored emails from Nigerian princes or refused to transfer money on behalf of an online love interest to scroll past stories about scams, thinking it could never be us.
But so far this year, Australians have...
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