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Living Evidence Synthesis

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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 56

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 4. Initial version: no prior synthesis changes to report; this is the first full replacement synthesis. All protected passages required by the audit have been preserved verbatim with their specified evidence IDs. Two audit-flagged passages were corrected: the assertion that monitoring/evaluative research must occur specifically 'before widescale endorsement of heterogeneous countermeasures' was narrowed to state that reviews call for research to infor...

  2. Version 55

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version.

    • Publications: 25 (+1)
    • Evidence statements: 90 (+2)
    • Cited sources: 25 (+1)

    Sources added: The Trajectory of Romance Scams in the U.S.

  3. Version 54

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

    • Publications: 24 (-4)
    • Evidence statements: 88 (-11)
    • Cited sources: 24 (-4)

    Sources removed: Devices of Textual Illusion: Victimization in Romance Scam E-Letters; Hook, line, and sinker: the mechanics of fraud; Love Scamming in the Digital Era: Legal Protection and Challenges in Handling Love Scam Cases on Dating Applications in Indonesia; Self and desired partner descriptions in the online romance scam: a linguistic analysis of scammer and general user profiles on online dating portals.

  4. Version 53

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version: this synthesis is the first complete replacement produced for the controlled topic. It reproduces verbatim all protected passages identified by the audit and attaches only the reviewed evidence records explicitly approved for those passages. Other paragraphs cite and attach only evidence items that directly support the material claims they make; assertions flagged by the audit as unsupported were removed or reworded to reflect only...

    • Publications: 28 (-3)
    • Evidence statements: 99 (-12)
    • Cited sources: 28 (-3)

    Sources added: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Detecting Romance Scams.

    Sources removed: A crime script perspective on mapping the entry, continuation, and exit pathways of online romance fraud; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; The Language of Romance Crimes; Waspada Cinta Maya: Membangun Kesadaran Bahaya Online Love Scam Masyarakat Desa 'Damai' Nglinggi, Kabupaten Klaten.

  5. Version 52

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 31 (+13)
    • Evidence statements: 111 (+37)
    • Cited sources: 31 (+13)

    Sources added: A crime script perspective on mapping the entry, continuation, and exit pathways of online romance fraud; Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; and 12 more.

    Sources removed: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Detecting Romance Scams; From swipe to swindle: a narrative review of research on older adult victims of romance fraud; Mapping romance fraud research – a systematic review.

  6. Version 51

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 4. Initial version.

  7. Version 50

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. This is the initial version of the synthesis produced for the supplied reviewed evidence. Several passages from an earlier comparative draft were preserved verbatim where explicitly required by the audit; other paragraphs were corrected to remove claims the audit found unsupported by the supplied evidence (notably removal of an unsupported statement about external generalisability for one prototype and removal of an unsupported reference to OSINT w...

  8. Version 49

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

    • Publications: 18 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 74 (-2)
    • Cited sources: 18 (-1)

    Sources removed: Pig Butchering in Cybersecurity: A Modern Social Engineering Threat.

  9. Version 48

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 19 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 76 (-4)
    • Cited sources: 19 (-1)

    Sources removed: Policing cross-border fraud ‘Above and below the surface’: mapping actions and developing a more effective global response.

  10. Version 47

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 20 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 80 (-21)
    • Cited sources: 20 (-1)

    Sources added: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Detecting Romance Scams; Devices of Textual Illusion: Victimization in Romance Scam E-Letters; Mapping romance fraud research – a systematic review; Online Dating Scam Victims Psychological Impact Analysis; and 3 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; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Fraud as Legitimate Retribution for Colonial Injustice: Neutralization Techniques in Interviews with Police and Online Romance Fraud Offenders; Hello Pretty, Hello Handsome!: Exploring the Menace of Online Dating and Romance Scam in Africa; and 4 more.

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