This book describes trends in email scams and offers tools and techniques


to identify such trends. It also describes automated countermeasures


based on an understanding of the type of persuasive methods used by


scammers. It reviews both consumer-facing scams and enterprise scams,


describing in-depth case studies relating to Craigslist scams and Business


Email Compromise Scams. This book provides a good starting point for


practitioners, decision makers and researchers in that it includes


alternatives and complementary tools to the currently deployed email


security tools, with a focus on understanding the metrics of scams.


Both professionals working in security and advanced-level students


interested in privacy or applications of computer science will find this book


a useful reference.