Job Scam Experiment data

Figshare 2026 Dataset Open access

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Authors: Smriti Srivastava
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.31743076
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Abstract

Social media has become a central infrastructure for job seeking, yet its informal recruitment practices have enabled new forms of deception and exploitation. Online job scams increasingly convert digital persuasion into financial, psychological, and even physical harm. This study examines the psychological and contextual mechanisms through which fraudulent job posts gain credibility and induce engagement

Fields of Study & Subjects

Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Misinformation and Its Impacts Spam and Phishing Detection

Publication details

Journal / source
Figshare
Publication date
15 March 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset