What Money Can Do: Examining the Effects of Rewards on Online Romance Fraudsters’ Deceptive Strategies
Dickinson, T.; Wang, F.; Maimon, D. (2023) — Deviant Behavior
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
This catalog-style synopsis surveys a study that examines the relationship between monetary rewards and deceptive practices in online romance fraud. Positioned within Deviant Behavior, the analysis treats online dating f...
Catfishing and Its Implications for Romance Scams by Simon Leviev in Netflix Documentary 'Tinder Swindler' According to the Perspective of Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions and the Criminal Code
Type: Journal Article
Country: Indonesia
Tags: AI misuse, online dating platforms
In the contemporary era, fraudulent activities are increasingly visible and proliferate alongside globalization, digitalization, and the ongoing evolution of the technological landscape through Industry 5.0, which has ma...
Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud
Cross, C.; Lee, M. (2022) — Victims & Offenders
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud is a cataloging-style examination of how fear of crime arises and persists among individuals who engage with or fall victim to online romantic deception. The di...
Online Dating Scam Victims Psychological Impact Analysis
Wang, C. (2022) — Journal of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
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....
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
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...
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...
How does Victim Precipitation Theory explain Deviant Behaviours of Internet Romance Offenders? Gamer’s Perspective of Victim Precipitation
Offei, Martin Otu (2021) — International Journal of Technology and Management Research
Internet romance fraud presents a widespread challenge with outcomes ranging from financial harm and emotional distress to more severe losses. This article investigates how individuals who perpetrate online dating scams...
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...
Contextualised Cyber Security Awareness Approach for Online Romance Fraud
Dickerson, S.; Apeh, E.; Ollis, G. (2020) — 2020 7th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC)
Type: Proceedings Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, platform policy, AI misuse, prevention, measurement
Romance fraud caused substantial financial loss in 2018, with 50 million pounds reported and a 27 percent rise from the prior year, despite increased publicity and guidance on the issue. This pattern indicates that roman...
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...
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