1st Edition
A Fresh Look at Fraud Theoretical and Applied Perspectives
Chapter 1. Introduction
Yaniv Hanoch and Stacey Wood
Chapter 2. Mass-Market Consumer Frauds: What the Statistical Data Show
Keith B. Anderson
Chapter 3. Scams in the Time of COVID-19: Pandemic Trends in Scams and Fraud
Stacey Wood, David Hengerer, and Yaniv Hanoch
Chapter 4. Aging Online: Rethinking the Aging Decision-Maker in a Digital Era
Natalie C. Ebner, Didem Pehlivanoglu, Rebecca Polk, Gary R. Turner, and R. Nathan Spreng
Chapter 5. Psychological Aspects of Elder Financial Exploitation: Risk Factors, Intervention Approaches, and Case Studies
Peter A. Lichtenberg, Rebecca Campbell, and Latoya Hall
Chapter 6. Cognitive and Metacognitive Predictors of Financial Exploitation: Understanding Fraud Susceptibility in Adulthood
Laura C. Walzak and Wendy Loken Thornton
Chapter 7. Vulnerability to Financial Exploitation in Older Age: A Neuropsychology Perspective
S. Duke Han
Chapter 8. Do Not Distract Me While I Am Winning This Auction: The Psychology of Auction Fraud
David Modic
Chapter 9. Trends in Online Consumer Fraud: A Data Science Perspective
Felix Soldner, Bennett Kleinberg, and Shane JohnsonChapter 10. Cryptocurrencies: Boons and Curses for Fraud Prevention
Josh Kamps, Arianna Trozze, and Bennett Kleinberg
Biography
Yaniv Hanoch is Associate Professor of Risk Management, Southampton University Business School, Southampton University, UK.
Stacey Wood is Molly Mason Jones Professor of Psychology at Scripps College, USA.
'A Fresh Look At Fraud showcases some of the leading international fraud researchers current works on fraud across the lifespan, including fraud trends such as covid related, cryptocurrency and other technology facilitated fraud crimes. It is a major contribution to theories of fraud susceptibility using indicators built on the intersectionality of psychology, neuroscience and economics (as well I would add to the field of victimology). It encompasses a systematic survey of the current research on fraud susceptibility that will hopefully drive further research and implementation of more effective programs to intervene and assist fraud victims, especially susceptible and vulnerable older adults.'
- Debbie Deem, FBI Victim Specialist (retired)
'Financial fraud has existed since the dawn of the consumer marketplace, but as Hanoch and Wood expertly describe, the population is aging and becoming more vulnerable to evolving acts of deception in our digitally-enabled world. This fantastic new volume provides a stunning look at the latest science to explain who is most susceptible to fraud, presenting recent evidence from neuroscience to data science. Researchers, students, and industry professionals will benefit from this collection of insights that map our current knowledge of fraud victimization. Hanoch and Wood chart a course for the future study of fraud, identifying promising countermeasures to curb this growing threat to the financial security of individuals and society.'
- Marti DeLiema, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, USA.
