Electronic Fraud Between Victims and Perpetrators: Its Role in the Evolution of Digital Crime in Algeria An Ethnographic Study

Abstract

This study aims to shed light on the crime of electronic fraud as one of the most dangerous digital crimes that threaten individuals and institutions in Algeria. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the most important and most common types of electronic fraud in Algeria, as well as to identify the most important factors that make the individual more vulnerable to fraud. Electronic. It highlights the most important social and psychological effects resulting from it, and the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator in the context of digital crime. Therefore, the ethnographic approach was relied upon to study electronic fraud from the point of view of victims of digital crimes in Algeria, and reliance was placed on ethnographic interviews in order to collect data and draw conclusions, through which it was concluded that digital phishing and digital blackmail are among the most important types of crimes adopted in hunting victims. In addition to the formation of the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim, it depends on the method and means of communication, which causes several social and psychological effects, such as anxiety and isolation from society by the victim.