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Living Evidence Synthesis

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Grooming and Trust Development

Approved public versions are listed newest first. Drafts, unsuccessful generation attempts, and versions not yet published through this Research Insight are excluded.

Approved public versions

  1. Version 77

    Current public version

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 76.

  2. Version 76

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 75.

  3. Version 75

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version: complete replacement synthesis created to conform with the independent audit. Protected verbatim passages required by the audit were reproduced exactly and attached to their specified evidence IDs. Broader claims were narrowed or removed where the audit identified unsupported elements; methodological limitations and future directions are stated only where the cited evidence explicitly indicates them. Evidence attachments were selec...

    • Evidence statements: 125 (+7)

    Sources added: Online-Dating Romance Scam in Malaysia: An Analysis of Online Conversations between Scammers and Victims.

    Sources removed: Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud.

  4. Version 74

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 30 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 118 (-17)
    • Cited sources: 30 (-6)

    Sources added: Developing online deception literacy while looking for love; HeartGuard VR: Immersive Romance Scam Education; How Do Crypto Flows Finance Slavery? The Economics of Pig Butchering; Modus Operandi and Blockchain Analysis of Romance Scams: Cryptocurrency-Driven Victimization; and 5 more.

    Sources removed: Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Examining fifty cases of convicted online romance fraud offenders; Grooming in online dating romance frauds and scams: A scoping review; Hyperpersonal feedback and online romance fraud: an empirical examination; and 11 more.

  5. Version 73

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 72.

  6. Version 72

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 36 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 135 (-12)
    • Cited sources: 36 (-2)

    Sources added: Unveiling the Patterns of Romance Scams in South Korea; What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021).

    Sources removed: Epistolary Affect and Romance Scams: Letter from an Unknown Woman; Love scam in cyberspace; Romance baiting, cryptorom and ‘pig butchering’: an evolutionary step in romance fraud; The Espouse of Women in the Online Romance Fraud World: Role of Sociocultural Experiences and Digital Technologies.

  7. Version 71

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 38 (+15)
    • Evidence statements: 147 (+38)
    • Cited sources: 38 (+15)

    Sources added: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; El timo del amor. Estafas eróticas realizadas por mujeres en Costa Rica entre 1970 y 1990 publicadas en el periódico La República; and 16 more.

    Sources removed: Emotional and financial costs of online dating scam: A phenomenological narrative of the experiences of victims of Nigerian romance fraudsters; How Do Crypto Flows Finance Slavery? The Economics of Pig Butchering; Neutralizations, Altercasting, and Online Romance Fraud Victimizations; Understanding Romance Scammers Through the Lens of Their Victims: Qualitative Modeling of Risk and Protective Factors in the Online Context; and 1 more.

  8. Version 70

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 69.

  9. Version 69

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 68.

  10. Version 68

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 5. Initial version.

    • Publications: 23 (+2)
    • Evidence statements: 109 (+13)
    • Cited sources: 23 (+2)

    Sources added: Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud; Neutralizations, Altercasting, and Online Romance Fraud Victimizations.

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