CYSE 201S – Scams and Routine Activities Theory

Watch this video and explain what it has to do with routine activities theory.

This video shows how effective routine activities theory can be regarding scams. Scammers take advantage of both the platforms people are used to and the time when deals that are too good to be true are commonplace. Furthermore, people that use online shopping may not be aware of the dangers of putting banking information online or how risky some deals are. This leads to high cybercrime during Black Friday because cybercriminals will always follow the money.

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