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Experts Worry About Mental Health Stress As More at Risk of Online Scams

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New research suggests we feel less vulnerable to phishing scams than others, thereby underestimating our own exposure to risk.

The research is timely as many more people are working online as we distance during the COVID-19 crisis. Underestimating our exposure to risk occurs, in part, because we overlook data, or “base rate information,” that could help us recognize risk when assessing our own behavior, say New York University researchers.

Ironically, we often use the knowledge to predict that others are at risk, but not ourselves. COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the physical and mental health of people around the globe.

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