Evaluating AI-Enabled deception vulnerability amongst Sub-Saharan-Africa migrants

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.06598v1
• Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 23:02:22 GMT
• Title: Evaluating AI-Enabled deception vulnerability amongst Sub-Saharan-Africa migrants
• Abstract summary: Vulnerability of Sub-Saharan African migrants to AI-enabled deception was evaluated.<n>Strongest indicator of vulnerability to AI-enabled deception, such as scam, was prior exposure to targeting.<n>Confidence in the ability to identify AI content as well as the behavioral characteristics of high verification effort could lower the vulnerability to AI enabled deception.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In this study, the vulnerability of Sub-Saharan African migrants to AI-enabled deception, specifically the risk of exposure to scams targeting them, was evaluated. I hypothesized that the ability to distinguish human-generated content from AI-generated content had far-reaching implications beyond content assessment to determining vulnerability to AI-enabled deception. Data collected from a survey of 31 professionals and migrants from SSA across Europe and North America, covering themes on Demographics and Transnational Context, Core AI Literacy and Vulnerability, Mitigation and Trust, was modelled using a hybrid Structural Equation Model and Multiple Linear Regression. The results indicated that the strongest indicator of vulnerability to AI-enabled deception, such as scam, was prior exposure to targeting, as targeting has previously been noted to be, in most cases, a calculated attempt. Confidence in the ability to identify AI content as well as the behavioral characteristics of high verification effort, emerged as significant protective factors that could lower the vulnerability to AI enabled deception. Other transnational contexts such as duration spent abroad or engaging in international fund remittance were found to have a small and insignificant effect on vulnerability.

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