**6. Victim susceptibility**

Cyber criminals definitely have targets to explore. Likely cybercrime victims include;

*The naive/gullible*: There are certain persons who are easily deceived. This is because they trust almost everybody who comes their way. Even in the cyberspace, they try to be helpful to those they have never met. Cyber criminals prey on such individuals who are naive and slow about knowing much of the internet gimmicks. Older people usually fall into this category because they trust easily, and the intricacies of the computer are not of their generation.

*Desperados (for money or "items")*: So many youths wants to build sky scrapers within a twinkle of an eye and through any means, they easily fall victims to online pop-ups that read "Get rich fast". This desperation makes fraudsters to have their way with them. In many instances, these youths are cajoled into bogus and attractive business proposals, and even life-changing advertisements. In these businesses, investors who are invariably the victims never recover their initial capital, let alone make profits. The sole benefactors are the initiators of the businesses who are the perpetrators. On the other hand, students are the major victims of cyber stalkers because of their desperation to meet people online and make friendship. Sometimes, this online friendship is sought by students to boost their self-esteem or personal ego. Unfortunately, they become victims of internet hoodlums who either manipulate them for the satisfaction of their sexual appetite or other rituals.

*The inexperienced*: So many people have frivolous attitude towards ICT. They are mostly contented with just making calls and sending text messages or checking e-mails, without the desire for requisite knowledge on the detail use or application of digital devices. Such persons cannot protect their phones or computers from malicious damage and intrusion. Even when they have information that such crimes exist, they still fall victims because of their inexperience.

*Unlucky people*: These are people who are very unlucky in life. They fall victim of cybercrimes as a result of their fate which has made them to be found at a wrong place, at a wrong time. For example, malicious viruses can be circulated in the cyberspace and only unlucky people's computers and phones will be infected, which will result to serious damage and destruction of their systems and data. In this case, it does not matter how knowledgeable or proficient you are in protecting your data, you can just be unlucky.
