...Axton Betz-Hamilton; Priscilla Nez; Kirsten Houg Purpose Familial identity theft occurs when a family member steals the identity of another family member and is a problem in the USA . The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of familial identity theft victims. Design...

...Alexander Joseph Vanhee; Rachel McNealey Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of micro-level place on identity theft victimization. This study uses the 2016 Identity Theft Supplement (ITS) to investigate whether aspects of an individual’s residence affect their likelihood...

... of the FinTech industry and designed a conceptual model declaring “Identity Theft” as the major and the common fraud type in this industry. The paper is divided in two phases. The first phase discusses about the evolution of FinTech industry, the second phase discusses “Identity Theft” as the common fraud type...

...Axton Betz-Hamilton Purpose Familiar identity theft, which occurs when an individual known to a victim steals his/her identity, is a common problem in the USA. The purpose of this study was to understand familiar identity theft victims’ reporting behaviors using Black's (1976) theory of law...

... E-Skimming attack Identity theft Security measures Your best friend’s birthday is coming up and there is no time to buy a gift from the shop. No problem, there are so many shops to buy online. You select the perfect gift and click the check out button to pay for the order. You fill...

...Chander Mohan Gupta; Devesh Kumar Purpose This paper aims to study the concept of identity fraud and how these identity thefts can actually lead to financial crime. These crimes which usually were done in the traditional way now have taken leaps with the increase in the use of cyber world...

...Norah Ylang Purpose This paper aims to examine demographic differences between individuals who do not take measures to protect themselves from identity theft victimization and those who do. A majority of the research on identity theft has focused on predictors of victimization, reporting behaviors...

...Szde Yu Purpose This paper aims to address the relationship between fear of identity theft/fraud and online shopping, while identifying the most important factors affecting online shopping. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a mixed method approach in which the quantitative analysis...

...Katelyn A. Golladay Purpose This paper aims to examine factors that influence the decision to report by victims of identity theft victimization. The study of victim decision-making is not new within the field of criminology; however, a majority of the research has focused on decision-making...

...Catherine D. Marcum; George E. Higgins; Alexandria Mackinnon Purpose The purpose of this paper was to explore the identity theft victimization experiences of high school students, as well as the predictors of it being reported to school counselors. Design/methodology/approach In July...

...Jonathan Clough Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider potential criminal law responses to the global challenge of “identity crime”. In particular, it focuses on a specific offence of “identity theft”. It begins with a discussion of the meaning of “identity” in the context of modern...

...Catherine D. Marcum; George E Higgins; Melissa L. Ricketts; Scott E Wolfe Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to contribute to the gap in the literature by investigating the identity theft behaviors of adolescents under the age of 18 and the predictors of these behaviors. To better understand...

... name, social security number (SSN), email address, passwords, debit/credit card, financial account information, medical records, driver’s license, etc. are compromised and put to unauthorized risk of use, either in paper or electronic format, for fraudulent purposes including identity theft. Not all...

...Ludek Seda Purpose – This study aims to explain what factors influence the relationship between the university students’ knowledge of the risk of identity theft and the preventive measures they take. Design/methodology/approach – A series of semi-structured interviews was used...

...Norm Archer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate consumer behaviour as it relates to identity theft and fraud. Design/methodology/approach Using survey data, this paper models the relationship between past experience of consumers and their levels of concern, and derives...

...Chad Albrecht; Conan Albrecht; Shay Tzafrir Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present and explain the identity theft cycle. The identity theft cycle explains how a perpetrator goes through various stages of confidence and experimentation when stealing an individual's identity. Design...