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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 11

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 10.

  2. Version 10

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 2 passages from synthesis version 9.

  3. Version 9

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version: this is the first complete synthesis created from the supplied reviewed-evidence records. It reproduces and preserves the audit-protected summary passages verbatim where specified, and it restricts paragraph-level claims to the exact evidence records that directly support them as required by the audit. No prior-version evidence additions or removals apply because this is the initial assembled version.

    • Publications: 25 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 170 (-27)
    • Cited sources: 25 (-6)

    Sources removed: A Juridical Review of Love Scam Crimes from the Perspective of Criminal Law and the Electronic Information and Transactions Law in Indonesia; Open Access: The Use of Military Profiles in Romance Fraud Schemes; Paradoks Hukum Rekayasa Sosial Pig Butchering Scam Dalam Investasi Digital Aset Kripto; Romance Scam Victimization: A Survey-Based Examination of Financial, Psychological, and Reporting Factors; and 2 more.

  4. Version 8

    Initial version: this synthesis is the first version and integrates the supplied reviewed evidence records. No prior-version evidence changes apply.

    • Publications: 31 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 197 (+11)
    • Cited sources: 31 (-2)

    Sources added: A Juridical Review of Love Scam Crimes from the Perspective of Criminal Law and the Electronic Information and Transactions Law in Indonesia; Analysis of "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective; Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética; E-Marketing: Utilizing Social Media and Marketplaces to Start Businesses for Online Love Scam Victims in Indonesia; and 8 more.

    Sources removed: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; Expectations vs reality: Responding to online fraud across the fraud justice network; Law Enforcement Against Perpetrators Of Romance Fraud In Cyberspace; Love, Lies, and Larceny: One Hundred Convicted Case Files of Cybercriminals with Eighty Involving Online Romance Fraud; and 10 more.

  5. Version 7

    Automated claim-level support repair of 3 passages from synthesis version 6.

  6. Version 6

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

    • Publications: 33 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 186 (-11)
    • Cited sources: 33 (-2)

    Sources removed: Examining fifty cases of convicted online romance fraud offenders; Using artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes to deceive victims: the need to rethink current romance fraud prevention messaging.

  7. Version 5

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 35 (-12)
    • Evidence statements: 197 (-97)
    • Cited sources: 35 (-12)

    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 "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective; Anatomy of the online dating romance scam; Catfishing – jako przejaw przestępstwa kradzieży tożsamości; and 8 more.

  8. Version 4

    Initial version based on the supplied reviewed evidence. No prior-version evidence changes to report.

    • Publications: 47 (+14)
    • Evidence statements: 294 (+98)
    • Cited sources: 47 (+14)

    Sources added: 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 Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Automatically Dismantling Online Dating Fraud; and 27 more.

    Sources removed: A crime script perspective on mapping the entry, continuation, and exit pathways of online romance fraud; Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications; Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética; and 13 more.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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