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Scam Narratives

Scam Narratives is a theoretical construct in the field of digital misinformation that identifies and analyzes recurring narrative frameworks employed in deceptive online schemes to manipulate victims through fabricated scenarios involving urgency, authority, or reward.

25

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1.1K

Citations

51

Authors

28

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

25

The Scammers Persuasive Techniques Model: Development of a Stage Model to Explain the Online Dating Romance Scam

Monica T. Whitty · The British Journal of Criminology · 2013 · 193 citations · Full text

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SCIENCE FICTIONS: How fraud, bias, negligence, and hype undermine the search for truth.

J. E. R. Staddon · 2020 · 110 citations

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Email Fraud: Language, Technology, and the Indexicals of Globalisation

Jan Blommaert, Tope Omoniyi · Social Semiotics · 2006 · 80 citations

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The Language of Scam Spams: Linguistic Features of "Nigerian Fraud" E-Mails

Deborah Schaffer · ETC.: A Review of General Semantics · 2012 · 66 citations

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Problematic Empowerment: West African Internet Scams as Strategic Misrepresentation

Jenna Burrell · Information Technologies and International Development · 2008 · 64 citations · Full text

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Authors

51

  1. PL
    Philip L. Pearce

    James Cook University, Australia

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  2. SL
    Suleman Lazarus

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  3. FW
    Fangzhou Wang

    Georgia State University, United States

    2 publications · 97 citations

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  4. KS
    Kyle Siler

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    1 publications · 58 citations

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  5. DX
    Ding Xu

    James Cook University, Australia

    1 publications · 46 citations

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Institutions

28

  1. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    145 citations

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    63 citations

  3. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    266 citations

  4. University of Surrey

    Guildford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    89 citations

  5. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    198 citations

  6. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  7. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  8. Olabisi Onabanjo University

    Sagamu, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Economic Criminology

    3 publications · 98 citations

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  2. Social Semiotics

    1 publications · 80 citations

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  4. Music Theory Spectrum

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. The British Journal of Criminology

    1 publications · 193 citations

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