Category : Research

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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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Paper: How to obtain passwords of online scammers by using social engineering methods

Posted on: June 15, 2014 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: How to obtain passwords of online scammers by using social engineering methods Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.at Published at: Cyberworlds conference 2014, Santander, Spain.   Abstract: This paper addresses three social engineering techniques that vigilante online communities of scambaiters use for ’Inbox diving’: an act of gaining access to internet scammers email

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Paper: Faceless patrons – an augmented installation exploring 419- fictional narratives

Posted on: April 21, 2014 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: Faceless patrons – an augmented installation exploring 419-fictional narratives Author(s): Andreas Zingerle, Linda Kronman Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at, linda (at) kairus.org Published at: Proceedings of International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.   Abstract: ‘Faceless patrons’ is an installation that documents stories used by Internet scammers in so called ‘overpayment check

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Paper: Re: Dakar Arts Festival – exploring transmedia storytelling methods to document an Internet scam

Posted on: April 21, 2014 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: Re: Dakar Arts Festival – exploring transmedia storytelling methods to document an Internet scam Author(s): Andreas Zingerle, Linda Kronman Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at, linda (at) kairus.org Published at: Proceedings of International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.   Abstract: With the “Re: Dakar Arts Festival” project we present an alternative way

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Paper: Humiliating entertainment or social activism? Analyzing Scambaiting Strategies Against Online Advance Fee Fraud

Posted on: October 17, 2013 /
Categories: Publications, Research

Title: ‘Humiliating entertainment or social activism? Analyzing Scambaiting Strategies Against Online Advance Fee Fraud’ Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: Cyberworlds 2013, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan. Abstract: Scam baiters are individuals in online information communities specializing in identifying, documenting and reporting actions of so-called ‘419 scammers’. A qualitative research approach was applied

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