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Identity Theft

**Identity Theft** is a form of identity-related crime that consists in the intentional, unauthorized acquisition, possession, or use of another natural person’s identifying data to impersonate that person for the purpose of obtaining financial or other material benefit or causing that person legal, financial, or reputational harm.

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All your contacts are belong to us

Leyla Bilge, Thorsten Strufe, Davide Balzarotti et al. · 2009 · 548 citations

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Phishing Attacks: A Recent Comprehensive Study and a New Anatomy

Zainab Alkhalil, Chaminda Hewage, Liqaa Nawaf et al. · Frontiers in Computer Science · 2021 · 488 citations · Full text

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A framework for detection and measurement of phishing attacks

Sujata Garera, Niels Provos, Monica Chew et al. · 2007 · 480 citations

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Client-Side Defense Against Web-Based Identity Theft.

Neil Chou, Robert Ledesma, Yuka Teraguchi et al. · 2004 · 429 citations

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Password management strategies for online accounts

Shirley Gaw, Edward W. Felten · 2006 · 370 citations

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  1. HC
    Heith Copes

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    6 publications · 337 citations

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  2. BW
    Bradford W. Reyns

    Weber State University, United States

    4 publications · 505 citations

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  3. LM
    Lynne M. Vieraitis

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    4 publications · 169 citations

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  4. EK
    Engin Kirda

    Northeastern University, United States

    4 publications · 860 citations

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  5. NA
    Norm Archer

    McMaster University, Canada

    4 publications · 123 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    435 citations

  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    995 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    168 citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    471 citations

  5. The University of Texas at Dallas

    Richardson, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    226 citations

  6. University of North Texas

    Denton, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    184 citations

  7. University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    195 citations

  8. Tongji University

    Shanghai, China

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    237 citations

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  1. Journal of Financial Crime

    13 publications · 386 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 20 publications · 574 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 410 citations

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  4. Communications of the ACM

    6 publications · 442 citations

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  5. Journal of Consumer Affairs

    JCA · 6 publications · 435 citations

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