Living Evidence Synthesis
Revision history
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
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Version 57
Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 2 passages from synthesis version 56.
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Version 56
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.
- Publications: 39 (-8)
- Evidence statements: 150 (-23)
- Cited sources: 39 (-8)
Sources added: Pig Butchering Scams as Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime: A Scoping Review of Dimensions, Modus Operandi, and Victim-Offender Dynamics; The cyber-industrialization of catfishing and romance fraud.
Sources removed: Butcher or be butchered: understanding the unwitting recruitment by cybercrime groups in China; Digital Desires, Real Losses: The Complex World of Online Romance Fraud; 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; and 6 more.
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Version 55
Initial version: this synthesis was prepared as the first consolidated evidence synthesis on the controlled topic using only the supplied reviewed evidence. No prior-version evidence changes to report.
- Publications: 47 (+9)
- Evidence statements: 173 (+19)
- Cited sources: 47 (+9)
Sources added: Butcher or be butchered: understanding the unwitting recruitment by cybercrime groups in China; Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; Digital Desires, Real Losses: The Complex World of Online Romance Fraud; Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud; and 20 more.
Sources removed: A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; Deconstructing a form of hybrid investment fraud: Examining ‘pig butchering’ in the United States; Emotional and financial costs of online dating scam: A phenomenological narrative of the experiences of victims of Nigerian romance fraudsters; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; and 11 more.
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Version 54
Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 53.
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Version 53
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.
- Publications: 38 (-2)
- Evidence statements: 154 (-11)
- Cited sources: 38 (-2)
Sources removed: The Role of Love stories in Romance Scams: A Qualitative Analysis of Fraudulent Profiles; Understanding Romance Scammers Through the Lens of Their Victims: Qualitative Modeling of Risk and Protective Factors in the Online Context.
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Version 52
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version. No prior-version changes to report.
- Publications: 40 (+1)
- Evidence statements: 165 (+8)
- Cited sources: 40 (+1)
Sources added: Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; The Role of Love stories in Romance Scams: A Qualitative Analysis of Fraudulent Profiles; Understanding Romance Scammers Through the Lens of Their Victims: Qualitative Modeling of Risk and Protective Factors in the Online Context; Unveiling the Patterns of Romance Scams in South Korea.
Sources removed: El timo del amor. Estafas eróticas realizadas por mujeres en Costa Rica entre 1970 y 1990 publicadas en el periódico La República; Epistolary Affect and Romance Scams: Letter from an Unknown Woman; The Espouse of Women in the Online Romance Fraud World: Role of Sociocultural Experiences and Digital Technologies.
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Version 51
Initial version.
- Publications: 39 (+3)
- Evidence statements: 157 (+18)
- Cited sources: 39 (+3)
Sources added: A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; Deconstructing a form of hybrid investment fraud: Examining ‘pig butchering’ in the United States; El timo del amor. Estafas eróticas realizadas por mujeres en Costa Rica entre 1970 y 1990 publicadas en el periódico La República; Emotional and financial costs of online dating scam: A phenomenological narrative of the experiences of victims of Nigerian romance fraudsters; and 16 more.
Sources removed: Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; Beyond Dollars: Unveiling the Deeper Layers of Online Romance Scams Introducing “Body Scam”; Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud; Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles; and 13 more.
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Version 50
Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 4 passages from synthesis version 49.
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Version 49
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version — complete replacement synthesis produced. Preserved protected passages (Claims 2, 3, 6, and 8) are reproduced verbatim and attached to their exact evidence IDs as required. Other passages were constrained to statements directly supported by the reviewed evidence; unsupported or audited elements (for example, claims about seeking sexual compliance as a general primary motive, rehearsal of messages, or blockchain‑tracing generalizati...
- Publications: 36 (-6)
- Evidence statements: 139 (-19)
- Cited sources: 36 (-6)
Sources added: Pig Butchering in Cybersecurity: A Modern Social Engineering Threat.
Sources removed: Do You Love Me? Psychological Characteristics of Romance Scam Victims; El timo del amor. Estafas eróticas realizadas por mujeres en Costa Rica entre 1970 y 1990 publicadas en el periódico La República; From swipe to swindle: a narrative review of research on older adult victims of romance fraud; Online-Dating Romance Scam in Malaysia: An Analysis of Online Conversations between Scammers and Victims; and 3 more.
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Version 48
Initial version.
- Publications: 42 (+23)
- Evidence statements: 158 (+80)
- Cited sources: 42 (+23)
Sources added: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Beyond Dollars: Unveiling the Deeper Layers of Online Romance Scams Introducing “Body Scam”; Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud; and 20 more.
Sources removed: Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications.