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Living Evidence Synthesis

Revision history

Prevention and Intervention

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 93

    Initial version. No previous-version evidence changes applied.

    • Publications: 26 (+1)
    • Evidence statements: 110 (+3)
    • Cited sources: 26 (+1)

    Sources added: A Legal Analysis on Online Fraud Using Fake Identity; Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Crypto Romance Scams and Pig Butchering; and 10 more.

    Sources removed: (Mis)Understanding the Impact of Online Fraud: Implications for Victim Assistance Schemes; A Game-Theoretic Approach to Detecting Romance Scams; Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; A Review: Fraud Prospects in Cryptocurrency Investment; and 9 more.

  2. Version 92

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 91.

  3. Version 91

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. This is the initial version.

    • Publications: 25 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 107 (-25)
    • Cited sources: 25 (-6)

    Sources removed: Dating hot spot to fraud hot spot: Targeting the social characteristics of romance fraud victims in England and Wales; Hook, line, and sinker: the mechanics of fraud; Policing cross-border fraud ‘Above and below the surface’: mapping actions and developing a more effective global response; Service, game and livelihood, the new dimensions of neutralization techniques in Internet Romance Fraud: Extending the Neutralization Theory in Modern Internet crimes.; and 2 more.

  4. Version 90

    Initial version based on the supplied reviewed evidence. No prior-synthesis changes applied.

    • Publications: 31 (+5)
    • Evidence statements: 132 (+24)
    • Cited sources: 31 (+5)

    Sources added: (Mis)Understanding the Impact of Online Fraud: Implications for Victim Assistance Schemes; Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; A Review: Fraud Prospects in Cryptocurrency Investment; CHAPTER 10 The Online Mutual Help Practices of Romance Fraud Victims; and 11 more.

    Sources removed: Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Essays on the Rationality of Online Romance Scammers; Factors of susceptibility to online romance scam in Malaysia: unraveling the complex pathways; From swipe to swindle: a narrative review of research on older adult victims of romance fraud; and 6 more.

  5. Version 89

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 26 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 108 (-3)
    • Cited sources: 26 (-1)

    Sources removed: “If U Don't Pay they will Share the Pics”: Exploring Sextortion in the Context of Romance Fraud.

  6. Version 88

    Initial version. This synthesis was assembled from the supplied reviewed evidence records and consolidates findings, methodological notes, and prioritized research directions where directly supported by attached evidence IDs.

    • Publications: 27 (+11)
    • Evidence statements: 111 (+43)
    • Cited sources: 27 (+11)

    Sources added: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Detecting Romance Scams; Dating hot spot to fraud hot spot: Targeting the social characteristics of romance fraud victims in England and Wales; Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Essays on the Rationality of Online Romance Scammers; and 12 more.

    Sources removed: Addressing Cyberscams and Acquired Brain Injury (“I Desperately Need to Know What to Do”): Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives; Meeting the Challenges of Fraud in a Digital World; Online romance scams and victimhood; Romance Scamming: Uncovering the Transnational Crime and Legal Challenges; and 1 more.

  7. Version 87

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 86.

  8. Version 86

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 5. Initial version.

    • Publications: 16 (+1)
    • Evidence statements: 68 (+3)
    • Cited sources: 16 (+1)

    Sources added: From swipe to swindle: a narrative review of research on older adult victims of romance fraud.

  9. Version 85

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 4. Initial version: this synthesis is the first complete evidence‑synthesis replacement produced for the specified controlled topic and scope. No prior-version evidence changes apply.

  10. Version 84

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version (no prior evidence changes to report).

    • Publications: 15 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 65 (-11)
    • Cited sources: 15 (-2)

    Sources removed: A systematic literature review of profiling victims of cyber scams: setting up a framework for future research; “This is a lifesaver”: co-designing a novel cyberscam psychosocial recovery intervention framework for people with acquired brain injury.

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