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In The Media: Stacey Wood’s Psychology Today Article on Fake Job Scams
In her Psychology Today article, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood discusses the rising number of scams targeting college students with fake job offers.
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In The Media: Stacey Wood Authors Psychology Today Piece on Scams
Stacey Wood, Scripps’ Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, authored a piece for Psychology Today, “Why and How Impersonation Scams Thrive.”
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The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Stacey Wood
Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood discusses why society needs to overhaul its practices for dealing with fraud in her episode of The Academic Minute for Scripps’ week-long takeover of the podcast.
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In The Media: Stacey Wood Interviewed by The Atlantic
Stacey Wood, Scripps’ Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, was interviewed for The Atlantic‘s newsletter about how scammers are leveraging increased social isolation among Americans to defraud rising numbers of victims.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Interviewed by WalletHub about Elder Abuse Protections
Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, gave an interview for WalletHub about ways to prevent elder abuse. There should be more legal protections in place to protect vulnerable elderly people from financial abuse and neglect, she argues.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Authors Article for The Conversation
Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, coauthored an article for The Conversation about the growing number of reported fraud offenses in the UK and what can be done to combat the problem.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Outlines Common Social Security Scams
In an article for NerdWallet, Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, outlined four of the most common tactics used in Social Security scams.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Dementia’s Relationship to Crime in Scientific American
“Mostly we’re talking about impulse-control problems,” Wood said.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Speaks to Bloomberg About Cognitive Decline and Denial
“In older adults as a group, there is some evidence that they tend to be perhaps a little overconfident in their abilities,” Wood said.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Hybrid Scams in The Conversation
Wood explores the rise of hybrid scams—scams that combine two or more types of fraud, such as romance scams and investment scams.
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