Hope, happiness and hoaxes


Autoria(s): Tindle, Elizabeth
Data(s)

07/10/2007

Resumo

This paper gives a psychological hypothesis for the phenomenon of Internet seduction or scams from the victim's perspective. It addresses the question of why so many people get hooked on Internet relationships and lose large amounts of money on scams and hoaxes resulting in emotional and physical trauma.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/49588/

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/49588/2/49588.pdf

Tindle, Elizabeth (2007) Hope, happiness and hoaxes. In National Nigerian Fraud Symposium , 7-9th October 2007, Holiday Inn, Brisbane, Qld. (Unpublished)

Direitos

Copyright 2007 Elizabeth Tindle

Fonte

Division of Administrative Services

Palavras-Chave #160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified #170000 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES #Scams #Internet #Nigerian fraud #Selfish gene
Tipo

Conference Item