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Editor's note
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What makes a person send a stranger money online or do something else completely outlandish, like fake their own kidnapping after receiving a threatening email?
Too often, we blame the victim for being gullible and falling for these online scams. But as Cassandra Cross writes, this is problematic: in order to combat this type of crime, we need a better understanding of how fraudsters operate and the psychological techniques they employ to quickly gain trust and then exploit their victims.
As part of her research, Cross interviewed many scam victims to find out what led them to believe these people they had never met offline and eventually give in to their demands.
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Justin Bergman
Deputy Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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Fraudsters use specific social engineering tactics to gain the trust of their victims.
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Cassandra Cross, Queensland University of Technology
Australians have lost more than $76 million to fraud so far this year. These are the tactics that online offenders use to dupe their victims.
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Gina Cleo, Bond University
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Arts + Culture
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Michael Halliwell, University of Sydney
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Louise Pryke, Macquarie University
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Richard Holden, UNSW
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Elizabeth Sheedy, Macquarie University
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Cities
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Charles Livingstone, Monash University
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