The discourse of digital deceptions and '419' emails

Discourse Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-660

  Chiluwa, Innocent ^a  

^a Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

419; Computer media communication; Deceptions; Discourse; Email; Fraud; Hoax

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749083037     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445609347229     Document Type: Article

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