ABSTRACT
Generally, people in rural areas may look out for one another but not to the point that they are seen to be interfering. It is a unique rural dichotomy found at intersection of sense of community and being polite. The sender indicated that a percentage of any monies would be shared with those who provided assistance. This fax was sent to recipients across the continent, and one came to a fax machine in the office of a unique rural farming community. The person who received and viewed the fax was, in many ways, the ‘ideal’ victim: a person with little or no knowledge of even existence of such scams but with direct access to sizeable financial holdings of the entire community. When it comes to fraud prevention resources, training and investigations, people in rural areas remain largely on their own despite the fact that the new digital reality makes rural residents as readily accessible as those who live in cities.
