Do Fraud Victims Have Susceptible Mental Frames?
Column distributed by Hearst Connecticut Media Group.
Links to resources referenced:
- FINRA Foundation: Exposed to Scams: What Beliefs About the World Are Associated With Fraud Victimization?
- https://www.finrafoundation.org/sites/finrafoundation/files/2025-06/Foundation_Research_Brief_Exposed_to_Scams.pdf?utm_source=MM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=O%5FMediaAdvisory%5FFoundationResearch%5F062525%5FFINAL
- Related column excerpt:
- “The FINRA Investor Education Foundation attempted to address that issue in a recently released study, ‘Exposed to Scams: What Beliefs About the World Are Associated With Fraud Victimization?’ Also involved in the study were researchers from the University of Minnesota, the University of Virginia, the BBB Institute for Marketplace Trust and the Good People Research Company, a research and advisory firm.”
- Related column excerpt:
- https://www.finrafoundation.org/sites/finrafoundation/files/2025-06/Foundation_Research_Brief_Exposed_to_Scams.pdf?utm_source=MM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=O%5FMediaAdvisory%5FFoundationResearch%5F062525%5FFINAL