Expectations vs reality: Responding to online fraud across the fraud justice network
Cross, C. (2018) — International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
This catalog-style synopsis surveys how online fraud is addressed within the broader fraud justice network, spanning agencies, institutions, and jurisdictions. Framed by the contrast between stated expectations—rapid res...
Knowledge and Protective Practices of Female Facebook Users Against Love Scams in Malaysia
Abidin, Norazlina Zainal; Kamaluddin, Mohammad Rahim; Shaari, Azianura Hani; Din, Norazura; Ramasamy, Saravanan (2018) — Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication
Type: Journal Article
Country: Malaysia
This catalog-style synopsis presents an overview of a study on knowledge and protective practices among female Facebook users in Malaysia in relation to love scams (Penipuan Cinta). The focus lies on how women perceive t...
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...
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...
The Electronic Spanish Prisoner
Gillespie, AA. (2017) — The Journal of Criminal Law
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, AI misuse
This study examines romance frauds, a form of conduct that has recently attracted notable public attention. The central focus is on how such frauds unfold, by guiding a target to believe they are engaged in a genuine rom...
The Role of Love stories in Romance Scams: A Qualitative Analysis of Fraudulent Profiles
Christian Kopp; Robert Layton; Jim Sillitoe; Iqbal Gondal (2016) — Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Online Romance Scam represents a highly effective form of fraud that imposes substantial financial losses and emotional distress on those targeted. This study develops a perspective intended to help explain why this...
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...
The online dating romance scam: The psychological impact on victims – both financial and non-financial
Whitty, MT.; Buchanan, T. (2015) — Criminology & Criminal Justice
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, psychology, law enforcement, platform policy
This study explores the psychological consequences of online dating romance scams, a form of fraud that combines financial harm with the collapse of a personal relationship. Unlike victims of other mass marketing frauds,...
Online frauds: Learning from victims why they fall for these scams
Button, Mark; Nicholls, Carol McNaughton; Kerr, Jane; Owen, Rachael (2014) — Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
Across many countries, online fraud has emerged as a major problem, affecting millions of people through a wide diversity of schemes that are carried out online in whole or in part. The article seeks to describe how exte...
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...
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