Across an era defined by widespread mass marketing scams conducted on the Internet, victims report varying degrees of financial loss and psychological harm after encounters with lottery scams and advance payment schemes....
Online Romance Scammers
Shapiro, LR. (2022) — Cyberpredators and Their Prey
Type: Book Chapter
Country: United States
Tags: AI misuse
The topic describes a contemporary form of online deception in which a romance-themed relationship is manufactured by a scammer to obtain resources from a target. The typical actor may be an individual or a member of a l...
Open Access: The Use of Military Profiles in Romance Fraud Schemes
Cross, C.; Holt, TJ. (2022) — The New Technology of Financial Crime
Type: Book Chapter
Country: Australia
Tags: victim experience, military, prevention, measurement
Populations: military
This piece examines Open Access: The Use of Military Profiles in Romance Fraud Schemes within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literature, desc...
Persuasive Schemes for Financial Exploitation in Online Romance Scam: An Anatomy on <i>Sha Zhu Pan</i> (杀猪盘) <i>in</i> China
Wang, F.; Zhou, X. (2022) — Victims & Offenders
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
This catalog-style synopsis surveys persuasive schemes behind Sha Zhu Pan (杀猪盘), the online romance scam phenomenon observed in China that concentrates on financial exploitation. The entry outlines a broad interaction...
Self and desired partner descriptions in the online romance scam: a linguistic analysis of scammer and general user profiles on online dating portals
Lee, KF.; Chan, MY.; Mohamad Ali, A. (2022) — Crime Prevention and Community Safety
Type: Journal Article
Country: Malaysia
Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, psychology, AI misuse, prevention
Methods: content analysis
This study investigates how online romance scammers construct their dating profiles linguistically, comparing them with genuine users on mainstream dating platforms. The focus is on self-descriptions and desired partner...
The New Technology of Financial Crime
Rebovich, Donald; Byrne, James M. (2022) — Routledge eBooks
Type: Book
Country: United Kingdom
This Routledge eBook surveys the evolving intersection of finance and technology as it relates to crime. It charts how digital platforms, automated systems, and rapid cross-border flows have transformed the methods by wh...
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...
Using artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes to deceive victims: the need to rethink current romance fraud prevention messaging
Cross, C. (2022) — Crime Prevention and Community Safety
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, AI misuse, prevention
Romance fraud exploits the appearance of a genuine romantic connection to lure individuals into financial exploitation. Each year, a large number of people worldwide lose money to such schemes. Current prevention messagi...
“I Suspect That the Pictures Are Stolen”: Romance Fraud, Identity Crime, and Responding to Suspicions of Inauthentic Identities
Cross, C.; Layt, R. (2021) — Social Science Computer Review
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
Tags: victim experience, platform policy, AI misuse
Methods: interview, qualitative
Romance fraud affects a large number of people around the world, with financial losses measured in millions of dollars each year and a trend of continued growth. The offense unfolds when a perpetrator presents the preten...
“They just say how stupid I was for being conned”. Cyberscams and acquired brain injury: A qualitative exploration of the lived experience of survivors and close others
Gould, Kate R.; Carminati, Jao-Yue J.; Ponsford, Jennie L. (2021) — Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
This catalog-style synopsis outlines a qualitative exploration of cyberscam victimization as experienced by adults with acquired brain injury and by their close others, within the field of neuropsychological rehabilitati...
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