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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 3

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. This is the initial version of the synthesis. It consolidates the strongest-contributing sources and explicitly notes areas of agreement, disagreement, and uncertainty. Future updates should incorporate additional primary data on platform-tool effectiveness, standardized definitions, and cross-border enforcement outcomes as they become available.

    • Evidence statements: 196 (+14)

    Sources added: Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética.

    Sources removed: Romance Scam Victimization: A Survey-Based Examination of Financial, Psychological, and Reporting Factors.

  2. Version 2

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. This is the initial version of the synthesis. All sections and conclusions are grounded in the supplied reviewed evidence. No prior version is available for comparison within this prompt. The synthesis identifies core agreements, uncertainties, and evidence gaps, and flags methodological patterns and limitations based on the attached evidence base.

    • Publications: 33 (-63)
    • Evidence statements: 182 (-289)
    • Cited sources: 33 (-63)

    Sources removed: A Juridical Review of Love Scam Crimes from the Perspective of Criminal Law and the Electronic Information and Transactions Law in Indonesia; Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives; An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; and 59 more.

  3. Version 1

    Initial version of the evidence synthesis. It integrates the supplied reviewed evidence into a cohesive, sectioned interpretation of policy, policing, platform governance, cross-border coordination, and legal frameworks related to romance scams. This version identifies areas of agreement, disagreement, and uncertainty and notes evidence gaps and directions for future research.

    • Publications: 96
    • Evidence statements: 471
    • Cited sources: 96
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