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An impressive number of scientific works are devoted to the criminological study of the identity of a fraudster who uses telecommunication technologies to commit a crime, in most of them, there is a clear tendency to endow this category of criminals with such characteristics as sociability, observation, conspiracy, secrecy, high intelligence and even empathy. Some authors single out strong-willed qualities in the subjects of fraud: self-control, understanding of people's psychology and other personality traits. In our opinion, such a combination of personal qualities, ceteris paribus, could make almost any person successful, a member of society. But the facts often conflict with the harsh reality, confirmed by statistical data, which, on average, present us with a fraudster as a very disadvantaged, socially unadapted, previously convicted, with a secondary education, lack of a permanent job and often with various kinds of addictions, an individual.
The purpose of this study is to identify the leading personality traits of a criminal who uses social engineering for his own illegal purposes. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that the author attempts to determine the identity of the fraudster depending on the schemes or patterns of social engineering he uses and answer the question: what is the most dangerous factor in committing fraud: the identity of the offender or the social engineering scheme that he consciously or unconsciously applies? The scientific approach is expressed in the analysis of audio recordings of communications of scammers and potential victims; analysis of comments on social networks and media platforms regarding cases of fraud, analysis of interviews with victims of fraud and analysis of data obtained during a public opinion survey.
Keywords:fraud using telecommunication technologies, social engineering, manipulation, fraud methods
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