  This paper compares the risk factors for becoming a victim of two types of
phishing: high-tech phishing (using malicious software) and low-tech phishing
(using e-mails and telephone calls). These risk factors are linked to
possibilities for situational crime prevention. Data from a cybercrime victim
survey in the Netherlands (n=10,316) is used. Based on routine activity theory,
the multivariate analyses include thirty variables. The findings show
situational crime prevention has to be aimed at groups other than just the
users themselves. Criminals are primarily interested in popular online places
and the onus is on the owners of these virtual places to protect their visitors
from getting infected.
