Uncovering Susceptibility Risk to Online Deception in Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Fraud in the aged is an emerging public health problem. An increasingly common form of deception is conducted online. However, identification of cognitive and socioemotional risk factors has not been undertaken yet. In this endeavor, this study extended previous work suggesting age effects on susceptibility to online deception.

Methods

Susceptibility was operationalized as clicking on the link in simulated spear-phishing emails that young (18-37 years), young-old (62-74 years), and middle-old (75-89 years) Internet users received, without knowing that the emails were part of the study. Participants also indicated for a set of spear-phishing emails how likely they would click on the embedded link (susceptibility awareness) and completed cognitive and socioemotional

SUBMITTER: Ebner NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8921760 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature