...before the money is forfeited. Like many frauds, the scam exploits human behavior, said Lisa Harrison, a professor of social psychology at California State University, Sacramento. By claiming to be in a crisis, the scam artists "work on people's...

...according to current estimates) already is "kids from 7 or 8 years old to high school," says Robert Kraut, professor of social psychology and human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. Most students first encounter the Internet...

TOKYO -- James Brown, circa 1972, is blasting from the speakers. Thousands of drops of light swirl around an otherwise dark, smoky dance floor, where a group of enthusiastic, middle-aged regulars do the soul cha cha, the funky Broadway, the old man.