Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19
Buil-Gil, D.; Zeng, Y. (2021) — Journal of Financial Crime
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, older adults, law enforcement, AI misuse, risk factors, measurement
Populations: older adults
Methods: survey
This piece examines Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19 within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the...
Responding to Romance Scams and Sextortion During The Pandemic.
Jeong, Tae-jin (2021) — Korean Police Studies Review
Type: Journal Article
Country: South Korea
This piece examines Responding to Romance Scams and Sextortion During The Pandemic. within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literature, describ...
Romance Scams: Romantic Imagery and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Love exerts a substantial influence on mental well-being, and emotional states tied to love do not require a real-life relationship. Romantic affection can arise in forms that lack frequent or direct contact, including c...
The Use of Military Profiles in Romance Fraud Schemes
Cross, C.; Holt, TJ. (2021) — Victims & Offenders
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
This catalog entry analyzes the phenomenon of romance fraud in which perpetrators adopt military personas to initiate and sustain online relationships. The focus is on the construction and deployment of military profiles...
Altered brain network organization in romantic love as measured with resting-state fMRI and graph theory
This piece examines Altered brain network organization in romantic love as measured with resting-state fMRI and graph theory within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patte...
Automatic Detection and Analysis of the “Game Hack” Scam
Badawi, Emad; Jourdan, Guy-Vincent; Bochmann, Gregor; Onut, Iosif-Viorel (2020) — Journal of Web Engineering
The Game Hack Scam (GHS) is characterized as a largely unreported cyberattack in which offenders lure victims with promises of free, unlimited resources or other advantages for their preferred game. The attackers’ end go...
Automatically Dismantling Online Dating Fraud
Suarez-Tangil, Guillermo; Edwards, Matthew; Peersman, Claudia; Stringhini, Gianluca; Rashid, Awais; Whitty, Monica (2020) — IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Automatically Dismantling Online Dating Fraud is positioned as a study of deceptive activity on dating platforms and a proposal for an automated approach to counter it. The article defines common fraud scenarios such as...
Devices of Textual Illusion: Victimization in Romance Scam E-Letters
Dreijers, G.; Rudziša, V. (2020) — Research in Language
Virtual communication extends beyond national borders and facilitates swift, ongoing contact, but it also tests the integrity of online interactions and raises questions about ethical conduct in digital spaces. In partic...
Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud
Carter, E. (2020) — The British Journal of Criminology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, AI misuse, prevention
This piece examines Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in t...
How Do Individuals Justify and Rationalize their Criminal Behaviors in Online Romance Fraud?
Offei, M.; Andoh-Baidoo, FK.; Ayaburi, EW.; Asamoah, D. (2020) — Information Systems Frontiers
This study investigates how offenders justify and rationalize their participation in online romance fraud (ORF) by applying neutralization theory and denial of risk theory. Unlike most research that focuses on victims, t...
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