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Hello Pretty, Hello Handsome!: Exploring the Menace of Online Dating and Romance Scam in Africa

Eseadi, C.; Ogbonna, CS.; Otu, MS.; Ede, MO. (2021) — Crime, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System in Africa

Type: Book Chapter Country: Nigeria Tags: psychology

Online dating and romance scams are examined within criminal psychology as a growing category of deception facilitated by information and communication technology. The landscape is shaped by anonymous and semi-anonymous...

Love scam in cyberspace

Thiel, C. (2020) — Cyberkriminologie

Type: Book Chapter Country: Germany

Internet-based romance fraud refers to deceptive practices in the context of online dating, where perpetrators make contact with potential victims under false identities. Typical profiles use attractive images, credible...

Romance Fraud

Cross, C. (2020) — The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance

Type: Book Chapter Country: Australia Tags: victim experience, AI misuse

Romance fraud constitutes a pattern in which an individual masks financial intent behind a forged romantic connection. Offenders present themselves as consistent, appealing partners to cultivate trust and emotional depen...

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...

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...

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