Category : Research

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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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A practical introduction to computer recycling strategies from Westafrican e-waste dumps

Posted on: September 1, 2014 /
Categories: Research, Workshops

  This workshop will be offering the participants both a theoretical and practical introduction to computer recycling strategies in Westafrican countries. The suburb area of Agbogbloshie in Ghana’s capital Accra has become the world biggest electronic waste dumping ground. In Western countries old computers have to be disposed in an environmentally responsible manner which can

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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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