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More could be done to reduce rising online fraud rates.

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                    cover image Communications of the ACM
                    Communications of the ACM  Volume 51, Issue 4
                    The psychology of security: why do good users make bad decisions?
                    April 2008
                    94 pages
                    ISSN:0001-0782
                    EISSN:1557-7317
                    DOI:10.1145/1330311
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