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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 6

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

  2. Version 5

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 39 (-13)
    • Evidence statements: 157 (-58)
    • Cited sources: 39 (-13)

    Sources added: Online Dating Scam Victims Psychological Impact Analysis; Practitioner perspectives on what works in preventing fraud against older adults.

    Sources removed: Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; and 11 more.

  3. Version 4

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 52 (-12)
    • Evidence statements: 215 (-36)
    • Cited sources: 52 (-12)

    Sources added: Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; Analysis of "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective; Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; and 15 more.

    Sources removed: A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; Crypto Romance Scams and Pig Butchering; Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud; and 27 more.

  4. Version 3

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. This is the initial version of the evidence synthesis for Prevention and Intervention in online romance scams. It integrates the reviewed evidence with clearly delineated sections on prevention education, platform safeguards and detection, disruption tools, survivor support, and methodological considerations. It identifies areas of agreement, disagreement, uncertainty, and gaps, and outlines directions for future research and practice based strictl...

    • Publications: 64 (-21)
    • Evidence statements: 251 (-41)
    • Cited sources: 64 (-21)

    Sources added: Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Expectations vs reality: Responding to online fraud across the fraud justice network; The Online Mutual Help Practices of Romance Fraud Victims; and 2 more.

    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; Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives; and 23 more.

  5. Version 2

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. This is the initial, standalone synthesis produced from the supplied reviewed evidence. It consolidates prevention and intervention themes, noting where evidence supports education, platform safeguards, detection, and survivor support, while locating gaps in causal inference and generalizability. It explicitly avoids overstating claims, weights contributions by study quality and relevance, and identifies future directions for rigorous evaluation an...

    • Publications: 85 (+47)
    • Evidence statements: 292 (+156)
    • Cited sources: 85 (+47)

    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; Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; and 47 more.

    Sources removed: Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; Media Presentation of Online Romance Fraud in the Czech Republic: Visibility, Victim-Offender Framing, and Sentiment; Unravelling the organisation of ivorian cyberfraudsters: Criminal networks or organised crime?; “Falling into a Black Hole”: A Qualitative Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Cyberscam Victim-Survivors and Their Social Support Networks.

  6. Version 1

    This is the initial synthesis version. It aggregates high-level prevention and intervention themes from the supplied reviewed evidence, identifies agreements and uncertainties, and maps methodological patterns and gaps to guide future research and practice.

    • Publications: 38
    • Evidence statements: 136
    • Cited sources: 38
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