Pet Scammed: narratives of cyber fraud victimization
Fraud involving the sale of pets online is an emotional issue, but not one that really makes headlines as much as it perhaps should. We talk with Dr Jennifer L. Schally, Associate Teaching Professor of Criminal Justice at Pennsylvania State University and Kaylie Derrickson who share their experiences researching the narratives of victims of online pet scams. Prof. Nicolas Vermeys joins us to answer whether data interference type crime still happen.
Cybercrimeology · Jennifer L. Schally, Kaylie Derrickson, Nicolas Vermeys
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Show Notes
About our guests:
Dr Jennifer L. Schally
https://cjrc.la.psu.edu/people/jennifer-l-schally/
Prof Nicolas Vermeys
Papers or resources mentioned in this episode:
Derrickson, K. (2023). Advance-Fee Pet Scams Through the Lens of Narrative Victimology.
https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/25084ksd5317
Whittaker, J. M., & Button, M. (2020). Understanding pet scams: A case study of advance fee and non-delivery fraud using victims’ accounts. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 53(4), 497-514.
Button, M., & Whittaker, J. (2021). Exploring the voluntary response to cyber-fraud: From vigilantism to responsibilisation. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 66, 10048
Pemberton, A., Mulder, E., & Aarten, P. G. (2019). Stories of injustice: Towards a narrative victimology. European Journal of Criminology, 16(4), 391-412.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1477370818770843
Other:
The American Kennel Club on “How to Spot a Puppy Scam Online”
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/puppy-information/spot-puppy-scam/
Brent, Y.(Nov 30, 2022) Beware kitten and puppy scams, as pandemic leads to spike in pet ripoffs, CBC News Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitten-pet-puppy-scam-spike-pandemic-canada-us-bbb-fraud-1.6667008