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Living Evidence Synthesis

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Platform and Law-Enforcement Responses

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 42

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version of this synthesis: this document is the first complete replacement synthesis produced for the controlled topic using only the supplied reviewed evidence. No prior revisions were incorporated beyond reproducing the protected, audit‑approved verbatim passages specified in the task instructions; all other claims were constrained to the attached evidence sets and to limitations the evidence explicitly identifies.

    • Publications: 27 (-10)
    • Evidence statements: 156 (-46)
    • Cited sources: 27 (-10)

    Sources removed: An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Cybercrime through love scams: what women should know?; Media Presentation of Online Romance Fraud in the Czech Republic: Visibility, Victim-Offender Framing, and Sentiment; Online Dating Scam Victims Psychological Impact Analysis; and 6 more.

  2. Version 41

    Initial version of this synthesis.

    • Publications: 37 (+11)
    • Evidence statements: 202 (+14)
    • Cited sources: 37 (+11)

    Sources added: An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Cybercrime through love scams: what women should know?; and 10 more.

    Sources removed: Analysis of "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective; Mapping romance fraud research – a systematic review; Modus Operandi and Blockchain Analysis of Romance Scams: Cryptocurrency-Driven Victimization.

  3. Version 40

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 6 passages from synthesis version 39.

  4. Version 39

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version: this is the first complete synthesis produced for the controlled topic using the supplied reviewed evidence. It preserves all protected, independently audited passages verbatim with their required evidence IDs and limits claims to material directly supported by the attached records. No prior-version evidence additions or removals apply.

    • Publications: 26 (-10)
    • Evidence statements: 188 (-24)
    • Cited sources: 26 (-10)

    Sources removed: An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives; A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Essays on the Rationality of Online Romance Scammers; and 6 more.

  5. Version 38

    Initial version: this is the first synthesis produced for the controlled topic using the supplied reviewed evidence.

    • Publications: 36 (+6)
    • Evidence statements: 212 (+62)
    • Cited sources: 36 (+6)

    Sources added: Analysis of "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective; An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Essays on the Rationality of Online Romance Scammers; and 11 more.

    Sources removed: Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Crypto Romance Scams and Pig Butchering; Digital Desires, Real Losses: The Complex World of Online Romance Fraud; Hook, line, and sinker: the mechanics of fraud; and 5 more.

  6. Version 37

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 36.

  7. Version 36

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 2 passages from synthesis version 35.

  8. Version 35

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 30 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 150 (-11)
    • Cited sources: 30 (-2)

    Sources removed: Essays on the Rationality of Online Romance Scammers; Fraud as Legitimate Retribution for Colonial Injustice: Neutralization Techniques in Interviews with Police and Online Romance Fraud Offenders.

  9. Version 34

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 32 (-7)
    • Evidence statements: 161 (-85)
    • Cited sources: 32 (-7)

    Sources added: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; Crypto Romance Scams and Pig Butchering; Digital Desires, Real Losses: The Complex World of Online Romance Fraud; Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; and 8 more.

    Sources removed: Analysis of "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective; Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications; An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Are fraud victims nothing more than animals? Critiquing the propagation of “pig butchering” (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘); and 15 more.

  10. Version 33

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 32.

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