Phone Scams: Can We Outsmart the Fraudsters?

Dialogues économiques
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Have you ever hesitated when confronted with a text message reminding you to pay an unpaid bill? Or received a message claiming to be from your bank, urging you to update your personal information? Looking at the case of Kenya, economists Elif Kubilay, Eva Raiber, Lisa Spantig, Jana Cahlíková, and Lucy Kaaria examined the ability of individuals to detect fraud attempts.

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Kubilay, E., Raiber, E., Spantig, L., Cahlíková, J., Kaaria, L. 2023. « Can you spot a scam? Measuring and improving scam identification ability. Journal of Development Economics », 165, 103147. Int.
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