Romance Scam Research Center

An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives

Han, Bing; Button, Mark (2025) — Deviant Behavior

Type: Journal Article Country: United Kingdom

This article analyzes the hybrid romance–investment scam known as “pig butchering” (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘) from the perspectives of Chinese victims and police officers. Unlike traditional romance scams, pig butchering fuse...

Romanssihuijaus - rakkauden varjolla tehty kyberrikos

Kanervo, Riikka; Normann, Maria; Korhonen, Helmi (2025) — Kriminologia

Type: Journal Article Country: Finland Tags: AI misuse

The paper analyzes romance scams as a distinct and serious form of cybercrime, emphasizing that these schemes rely on emotional manipulation rather than purely financial deception. Offenders build fabricated romantic rel...

The New Technology of Financial Crime

Rebovich, Donald; Byrne, James M. (2022) — Routledge eBooks

Type: Book Country: United Kingdom

This Routledge eBook surveys the evolving intersection of finance and technology as it relates to crime. It charts how digital platforms, automated systems, and rapid cross-border flows have transformed the methods by wh...

An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives

Romanssihuijaus - rakkauden varjolla tehty kyberrikos

The New Technology of Financial Crime

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