Genre, narrative and the "Nigerian letter" in electronic mail

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cukier, Wendy L ^a   Nesselroth, Eva J ^a   Cody, Susan ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

FEE FRAUD ACTIVITIES; SPAM EMAILS;

SPAMMING;

EID: 39749089238     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2007.238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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