... population. Originality/value To the best of authors’ knowledge, no previous research article has studied CFF in the UAE, which constitutes this study’s original contribution. Brenner et al. (2020) study the impact of consumer fraud on respondents’ perception of financial well-being...

... techniques used by identity thieves are as follows: Fraud Theft Consumer fraud Identity theft The identity theft cycle Research has suggested that victims of identity theft spend an average of $1,500 in out‐of‐pocket expenses and an average of 175 hours per incident of identity theft...