IMPLICATIONS OF PHISHING SCAM ACTIVITIES IN ADULTS BETWEEN AGE 50-80 IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Abstract: The use of the internet across different generations has been on the rise recently. By providing unmatched connectivity, convenience, and access to other sets of information, the internet has also had severe effects, and phishing is one of them. Recent studies have also shown that the attacks on the aging population have been rampant, and they are expected to increase as cyber criminals become more complicated and ruthless in the execution of their strategy. While phishing attacks agonist multiple factors have caused older people, this study focused on the relationship between age and susceptibility to pushing attacks. A sample size of 140 participants was asked the same question, and results were calculated from a scale of 0-10. The main findings of this analysis were that only 2.1% of the variation in susceptibility can be explained by the use of the variation in age; the correlation coefficient of 0.1448 indicates a low but positive relationship between age and susceptibility to phi. The p-value of 0.6871 is more than 0.05 level of significance, which means that age is not a significant predictor of susceptibility to phishing attacks. Cite: Tunbosun Oyewale Oladoyinbo,"IMPLICATIONS OF PHISHING SCAM ACTIVITIES IN ADULTS BETWEEN AGE 50-80 IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", IJARCCE International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, vol. 13, no. 4, 2024, Crossref https://doi.org/10.17148/IJARCCE.2024.13402.