Purpose: This paper aims to examine predictors (personality, belief systems, expertise and response time) of detecting online romance scams. Design/methodology/approach: The online study asked 261 participants to rate whether a profile was a scam or a genuine profile. Participants were also...

Purpose: This paper aims to develop a theoretical framework to predict susceptibility to cyber-fraud victimhood. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was constructed to examine whether personality, socio-demographic characteristics and online routine activities predicted one-off and repeat...

This working paper explores the role of the Internet in reconfiguring marriages, introducing couples that meet in person and later marry, through a set of online surveys of married couples in Britain, Australia, and the US. We found that a sizeable proportion of online married couples in each...