Violence without blood? The invisible face of scams and digital fraud
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https://doi.org/10.21814/h2d.7462Keywords:
technology, cybercrime, contemporary violence, vulnerabilityAbstract
Contemporary violence is no longer limited to visible harm; it has taken on new forms mediated by technology that may remain invisible to less attentive eyes within society. This article discusses scams and digital fraud as practices that produce non-overt and diffuse forms of violence, embedded within criminal economic circuits of exploitation. The methodological approach is based on a literature review and is explicitly exploratory and interpretative in nature. The main conclusion highlights that cybercrime should be understood as a form of violence whose impacts are long-lasting for victims, affecting the emotional, social, and economic dimensions of their lives.
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