This study examines the relatively underexplored area of catfishing victimization—cases where individuals are deceived online but not necessarily defrauded financially. Using survey data from 1,511 social media and datin...
Relationship fraud: Romance, friendship and family frauds
Button, Mark; Carter, Elisabeth (2024) — Journal of Economic Criminology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Relationship fraud refers to intentional deception in which trust within intimate or interpersonal ties—romance, friendship, and family relationships—is exploited to obtain money, property, or other benefits. The topic c...
This study analyzes love fraud, or romance scamming, as a form of scripted interaction conducted within a commercial transaction frame. The core participants are the seller, identified as the fraudster, and the buyer, wh...
The Language of Romance Crimes
Carter, E. (2024) — The Language of Romance Crimes
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Within Cambridge Core's Law: General Interest collection, The Language of Romance Crimes surveys how legal discourse encodes offenses that unfold in the context of intimate relationships. The work examines the vocabulary...
The victimology of online fraud: A focus on romance fraud victimisation
Drew, Jacqueline M.; Webster, Julianne (2024) — Journal of Economic Criminology
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
This article provides a catalog-style overview of victimology in online fraud, with a focus on romance fraud victimisation. Situating online scams within the broader field of economic criminology, the work outlines how v...
Unveiling the Patterns of Romance Scams in South Korea
Choi, SW.; Lee, J.; Choi, YJ. (2024) — International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning
Type: Journal Article
Country: South Korea
Tags: offender tactics
Romance scams are a form of cybercrime in which fraudsters cultivate online relationships to obtain money, personal information, or access to resources from targeted individuals. Global trends indicate a rising prevalenc...
“I knew it was a scam”: Understanding the triggers for recognizing romance fraud
Cross, C. (2023) — Criminology & Public Policy
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
Tags: victim experience, platform policy, AI misuse, prevention
This article examines the factors that contribute to the moment a romance fraud victimization becomes realized, drawing on 1015 reports submitted to Scamwatch, Australia’s online fraud reporting portal, during the period...
Cheques or dating scams? Online fraud themes in hip-hop songs across popular music apps
This article surveys representations of online fraud in hip-hop as they appear in widely used music apps. It examines how themes of online deception, particularly those involving cheques and dating scams, are depicted in...
Hook, line, and sinker: the mechanics of fraud
M. Houck, Max (2023) — Handbook on Crime and Technology
This handbook examines the mechanics of fraud within contemporary crime and technology environments. It presents a conceptual account of how fraudulent schemes operate, how actors identify opportunities, and how deceptio...
Mapping romance fraud research – a systematic review
Kassem, R.; Carter, E. (2023) — Journal of Financial Crime
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, psychology, platform policy, AI misuse, prevention
This article presents a systematic review of more than two decades of scholarly work on romance fraud with the aim of delivering a holistic understanding of the crime and identifying gaps in the literature. The review sp...
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