Category : Publications

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The Torist #1 Dark Web Journal: “Disruptive anti-fraud artivism – Digital art exposing Internet scammers”

Posted on: December 14, 2015 /
Categories: Articles, News, Publications, Research

  Title: “Disruptive anti-fraud artivism – Digital art exposing Internet scammers” Author(s): Andreas Zingerle, Linda Kronman Email: mail@andreaszingerle.com, linda@kairus.org Published at: The Torist Journal About The Torist Journal: The Torist is a new online journal, planned for a biannual release, which is dedicated to deepening the relationship between technology and the humanities. In particular, we

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Paper: Scambaiters, Human Flesh Search Engine, Perverted justice, and Internet Haganah: Villains, Avengers, or Saviors on the Internet?

Posted on: May 26, 2015 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: ‘Scambaiters, Human Flesh Search Engine, Perverted justice, and Internet Haganah: Villains, Avengers, or Saviors on the Internet?’ Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: ISEA 2015, Vancouver, Canada. Abstract: In recent years, Internet users have been increasingly participating in so called digilantes or cyber-vigilante communities, becoming self-appointed avengers of justice who wade through

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Paper: ‘LET’S TALK BUSINESS’ – Narratives used in email and phone scams

Posted on: March 30, 2015 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: ‘Let’s talk business’ – Narratives used in email and phone scams Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: xCoAx conference 2015, Glasgow, UK. Abstract: 16th century ‘face to face’ persuasion scams adopted to letters, telephone, fax and Internet with the development of new communication technologies. In many of today’s fraud schemes phone

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Paper: Remain anonymous, create characters & backup stories: online tools used in Internet crime narratives

Posted on: August 12, 2014 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: Remain anonymous, create characters & backup stories: online tools used in Internet crime narratives Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.at Published at: ICIDS – International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling 2014, Singapore.   Abstract: This research takes a closer look at online tools that anti-scam activists use when in contact with Internet scammers.

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Paper: The Art of Trickery: Methods to establish first contact in Internet scams

Posted on: June 29, 2014 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: The Art of Trickery: Methods to establish first contact in Internet scams Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: xCoAx conference 2014, Porto, Portugal.   Abstract: Internet scammers use fictional narratives to gain the trust of potential victims. These narratives are often pre-scripted, get send out by individual scammers or scam-groups and

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