“…With respect to socio-demographic characteristics, such as age and education of fraud victims, in general, the literature is fairly sketchy, with much of the research focussing on the elderly given that it is presumed they are more at risk (ACCC, 2016;Bolimos and Choo, 2017;James, et al, 2014;Oliver, et al, 2015;ONS, 2016c;Titus and Gover, 2001). Those who report cyber-frauds tend to be older (ACCC, 2016) and there is a view that those who are uneducated are more likely to be scammed (Titus and Gover, 2001), although empirical research is needed to support this belief.…”