Romance Scam Research Center

Understanding Romance Scammers Through the Lens of Their Victims: Qualitative Modeling of Risk and Protective Factors in the Online Context

Wang, F.; Topalli, V. (2022) — American Journal of Criminal Justice

Type: Journal Article Country: United States Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, AI misuse, prevention

This piece examines Understanding Romance Scammers Through the Lens of Their Victims: Qualitative Modeling of Risk and Protective Factors in the Online Context within the broader context of online fraud and mediated comm...

Online Romance in the 21st Century

Lamphere, RD.; Lucas, KT. (2019) — Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts

Type: Book Chapter Country: United States Tags: victim experience, AI misuse

This piece examines Online Romance in the 21st Century within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literature, describes how offenders cultivate tr...

Suicidal Risk Following the Termination of Romantic Relationships

Love, Heather A.; Nalbone, David P.; Hecker, Lorna L.; Sweeney, Kathryn A.; Dharnidharka, Prerana (2018) — Crisis

Type: Journal Article Country: United States Tags: AI misuse, risk factors, cross-cultural Methods: quantitative

The study is framed by the notion that ending a romantic relationship can be a predictor of suicide attempts, with attachment perspectives suggesting that the experience of breakup may feel overwhelming to individuals wh...

Case Study: Romance Scams

Yen, TF.; Jakobsson, M. (2016) — Understanding Social Engineering Based Scams

Type: Book Chapter Country: United States Methods: experiment

This chapter provides a neutral overview of romance scams and describes an experimental effort to establish measurable attributes for study, including a data collection tool called the simulated spam filter. The text out...

Epistolary Affect and Romance Scams: Letter from an Unknown Woman<sup>*</sup>

Steyerl, H. (2011) — October

Type: Journal Article Country: United States

This work is presented as a catalog-style inquiry into how written address and emotional rhetoric operate within the framework of romance and deception. The item treats the epistolary form as a vehicle for affect, tracin...

Neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love

Acevedo, Bianca P.; Aron, Arthur; Fisher, Helen E.; Brown, Lucy L. (2011) — Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Type: Journal Article Country: United States

This piece examines Neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literature, describes how offe...

Reward, Addiction, and Emotion Regulation Systems Associated With Rejection in Love

Fisher, Helen E.; Brown, Lucy L.; Aron, Arthur; Strong, Greg; Mashek, Debra (2010) — Journal of Neurophysiology

Type: Journal Article Country: United States Tags: victim experience, AI misuse, risk factors

Romantic rejection is tied to a deep experience of loss and negative mood, with the potential to precipitate clinical depression and, in extreme cases, fatal outcomes. To begin mapping the brain systems that underlie thi...

Relationship problems and the DSM:needed improvements and suggested solutions

HEYMAN, RICHARD E.; SLEP, AMY M. SMITH; BEACH, STEVEN R.H.; WAMBOLDT, MARIANNE Z.; KASLOW, NADINE J.; REISS, DAVID (2009) — World Psychiatry

Type: Journal Article Country: United States

This World Psychiatry article surveys how relationship problems are represented within the DSM framework and what improvements could enhance clinical usefulness. It considers how relational distress intersects with vario...

Reward, Motivation, and Emotion Systems Associated With Early-Stage Intense Romantic Love

Aron, Arthur; Fisher, Helen; Mashek, Debra J.; Strong, Greg; Li, Haifang; Brown, Lucy L. (2005) — Journal of Neurophysiology

Type: Journal Article Country: United States Tags: AI misuse, risk factors, cross-cultural Methods: survey

Early-stage romantic love is described as capable of producing euphoria and as a cross-cultural phenomenon that may reflect an evolved mammalian drive to pursue preferred mates. It influences social behaviors in ways tha...

Regional Brain Activity in Women Grieving a Romantic Relationship Breakup

Najib, Arif; Lorberbaum, Jeffrey P.; Kose, Samet; Bohning, Daryl E.; George, Mark S. (2004) — American Journal of Psychiatry

Type: Journal Article Country: United States

This piece examines Regional Brain Activity in Women Grieving a Romantic Relationship Breakup within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literatur...