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 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.
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Version 47
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 5. This is a revised replacement synthesis produced after independent audit feedback. Material changes from the previous version: I preserved the protected, independently verified passages exactly as required (executive summary and listed claims) and removed an audited paragraph that asserted broad methodological heterogeneity and small/purposive samples without direct supporting evidence. I corrected the methodological-limits section to cite only syn...
- Publications: 19 (+1)
- Evidence statements: 78 (+3)
- Cited sources: 19 (+1)
Sources added: Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications; El timo del amor. Estafas eróticas realizadas por mujeres en Costa Rica entre 1970 y 1990 publicadas en el periódico La República.
Sources removed: What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021).
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Version 46
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 4. Initial version.
- Publications: 18 (+2)
- Evidence statements: 75 (+6)
- Cited sources: 18 (+2)
Sources added: Grooming in online dating romance frauds and scams: A scoping review; What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021).
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Version 45
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version.
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Version 44
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.
- Publications: 16 (-2)
- Evidence statements: 69 (-8)
- Cited sources: 16 (-2)
Sources removed: What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021); What Money Can Do: Examining the Effects of Rewards on Online Romance Fraudsters’ Deceptive Strategies.