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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...

Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm

Saad, ME.; Norul, S.; Zamri, M. (2018) — International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications

Type: Journal Article Country: Malaysia Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, law enforcement, prevention

This piece examines Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns docu...

Do You Love Me? Psychological Characteristics of Romance Scam Victims

Whitty, MT. (2018) — Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Type: Journal Article Country: United Kingdom

Do You Love Me? Psychological Characteristics of Romance Scam Victims, published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, presents a catalog-style overview of how perpetrators exploit online romance scripts a...

Understanding Romance Fraud: Insights From Domestic Violence Research

Cross, C.; Dragiewicz, M.; Richards, K. (2018) — The British Journal of Criminology

Type: Journal Article Country: Australia

Understanding Romance Fraud: Insights From Domestic Violence Research frames romance fraud as a form of manipulation that shares features with coercive control and financial abuse described in domestic violence scholarsh...

Victimization Analysis Based On Routine Activitiy Theory for Cyber-Love Scam in Malaysia

Saad, ME.; Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah, S. (2018) — 2018 Cyber Resilience Conference (CRC)

Type: Proceedings Article Country: Malaysia Tags: victim experience, law enforcement, platform policy, prevention

This study applies Routine Activity Theory (RAT) to examine factors influencing victimization in cyber-love scams in Malaysia. With cases rising sharply alongside technological advances, the research sought to identify d...

Individual differences in susceptibility to online influence: A theoretical review

Williams, Emma J.; Beardmore, Amy; Joinson, Adam N. (2017) — Computers in Human Behavior

Type: Journal Article Country: Global Tags: online scams, phishing, social engineering, individual differences, information processing, trust, decision making, risk, romance scams, theoretical review, Elaboration Likelihood Model, Heuristic-Systematic Model

This piece examines Individual differences in susceptibility to online influence: A theoretical review within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the...

Imagining the Absent Partner: Intimacy and Imagination in Long-Distance Relationships

Jurkane-Hobein, Iveta (2015) — Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences

Type: Journal Article Country: Latvia

This piece examines IMAGINING THE ABSENT PARTNER - INTIMACY AND IMAGINATION IN LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in...

Anatomy of the online dating romance scam

Whitty, MT. (2013) — Security Journal

Type: Journal Article Country: United Kingdom Tags: victim experience, psychology, prevention

This piece examines Anatomy of the online dating romance scam within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literature, describes how offenders culti...

The online dating romance scam: causes and consequences of victimhood

Buchanan, T.; Whitty, MT. (2013) — Psychology, Crime & Law

Type: Journal Article Country: United Kingdom

This catalog-style synopsis surveys the topic of online dating romance scams as presented in Psychology, Crime & Law. The article defines the phenomenon as deceitful relationship-building undertaken through digital datin...

The Scammers Persuasive Techniques Model: Development of a Stage Model to Explain the Online Dating Romance Scam

Whitty, MT. (2013) — British Journal of Criminology

Type: Journal Article Country: United Kingdom

This article develops a stage-based explanatory framework to account for online dating romance scams. The proposed model traces how persuasive techniques are organized and deployed across successive phases of a scam enco...

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