The Range to Which Consumers of food are Aware of the Practices of Fraud and Deceptive Marketing: A field study in the city of Latakia

This research aims to identify the range of awareness of fraud practices and deception in the areas of marketing item, price, promotion and distribution, and to study the differences in the level of awareness of these practices according to variables of gender, age and academic qualification. To achieve the objectives of the research, a questionnaire is designed and distributed to (271) consumers in Lattakia City. After deep analysis and study, the following conclusions have been reached: The consumers in Lattakia City are fully aware of fraud and deceit regarding the product, price, promotion and distribution.There are no statistically significant differences among the levels of food consumers’ awareness of the practices of fraud and deceit regarding the variables of gender and age.There are statistically significant differences in the levels of food consumers’ awareness of practices of fraud and deceit regarding the variable of academic qualification. The higher their academic qualifications are, the more the consumers are aware of these practices.