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Professor Stacey Wood Quoted in NBC News Story on Financial Elder Abuse
NBC News mentioned Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and Professor of Psychology Stacey Wood in a shocking story of a Los Angeles couple who survived a chimp mauling only […]
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Professor Stacey Wood’s Research Mentioned on No Stupid Questions Podcast
Psychologist Angela Duckworth and technology executive Mike Maughan discussed Professor of Psychology and Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood’s research on scams during the latest episode of their […]
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Stacey Wood Shares Financial Elder Abuse Scams with MarketWatch
In an article by MarketWatch, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood shares insights on how to recognize and respond to common financial elder abuse scams. Wood says scammers […]
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses the Psychology of Successful Scams on ABC Australia’s All in the Mind Podcast
“We know from social psychology that people comply with authority,” Wood said. “. . . They did a lot to really leverage that credibility and authority.”
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Romance Scams with Business Insider
“Advances in technology, advances in crypto technology, having people isolated from third parties that might have been able to intervene, and less opportunity for affection all came together in a perfect storm,” she said.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses the Gullibility of Experts in The Conversation
Digital and social media-dependent scams, such as the recent FTX cryptocurrency collapse, have attracted a number of celebrity endorsements and investors.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Mental Health Impacts of Fraud in AARP Magazine
“. . . when they just admitted that they had lost this money, they were able to start the healing,” Wood says.
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In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Hybrid Internet Scams in Times of San Diego
Wood told the Times that she has witnessed similar multi-platform scams, which she calls “hybrids.”
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Archa Dileep ’24 and Hannah Lak ’23 Research Scams, Fraud, and Catfishing
Archa Dileep ’24 and Hannah Lak ’23 have been working in Professor Wood’s lab since fall 2021 as part of a collaborative, passionate group studying psychological issues around scams and fraud.
Read MoreIn the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Cryptocurrency Scams in The Conversation
Wood and Hanoch point out that many cryptocurrency scams combine similar techniques as other types of fraud—such as romance scams and Ponzi schemes—with the anonymity and lack of oversight that the cryptocurrency market provides duplicitous users.
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