...Sharon Wilson; Nor Azlili Hassan; Kheng Kia Khor; Santhidran Sinnappan; Afi Roshezry Abu Bakar; Soon Aun Tan Purpose Scams are indeed malicious attempts to influence people and can take many forms, including online scams. With the increasing availability of technology, scammers have more tools...

.../approach The approach the study take for this conceptual paper is typology. Katelyn Wan Fei Ma can be contacted at: katewm@yorku.ca © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Financial crime Cybercrime Scams Cyber security COVID-19...

... of becoming scammed. There was little distinction between one-off and repeat victims of cyber-frauds. Originality/value This work uniquely combines psychological, socio-demographic and online behaviours to develop a comprehensive theoretical framework to predict susceptibility to cyber-frauds. Importantly...

.... Design/methodology/approach Multiple data sources are used to establish the main premise of this paper. This includes the publication entitled The Little Black Book of Scams, qualitative data from victims who have experienced online fraud, and materials collected through a police investigation...