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
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Version 22
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version of this synthesis.
- Publications: 33 (-4)
- Evidence statements: 151 (+4)
- Cited sources: 33 (-4)
Sources added: More than Money: Examining the Potential Exposure of Romance Fraud Victims to Identity Crime; Pig Butchering Scams as Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime: A Scoping Review of Dimensions, Modus Operandi, and Victim-Offender Dynamics; “I Suspect That the Pictures Are Stolen”: Romance Fraud, Identity Crime, and Responding to Suspicions of Inauthentic Identities; “This is a lifesaver”: co-designing a novel cyberscam psychosocial recovery intervention framework for people with acquired brain injury.
Sources removed: Anatomy of the online dating romance scam; A systematic literature review of profiling victims of cyber scams: setting up a framework for future research; Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; and 4 more.
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Version 21
Initial version.
- Publications: 37 (+8)
- Evidence statements: 147 (+28)
- Cited sources: 37 (+8)
Sources added: Anatomy of the online dating romance scam; A systematic literature review of profiling victims of cyber scams: setting up a framework for future research; Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Devices of Textual Illusion: Victimization in Romance Scam E-Letters; and 15 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; Contextualised Cyber Security Awareness Approach for Online Romance Fraud; Essays on the Rationality of Online Romance Scammers; Legal Protection for Victims of Love Scam Crimes; and 7 more.
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Version 20
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.
- Publications: 29 (-3)
- Evidence statements: 119 (-23)
- Cited sources: 29 (-3)
Sources added: Contextualised Cyber Security Awareness Approach for Online Romance Fraud; Problems and Solutions of Telecommunications and Internet Fraud Crimes of the Type of "Pig Butchering Scams" in Criminal Law Regulation Based on Criminal Law Elements Analysis.
Sources removed: Anatomy of the online dating romance scam; Devices of Textual Illusion: Victimization in Romance Scam E-Letters; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; and 1 more.
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Version 19
Initial version: this synthesis is based on the supplied reviewed evidence corpus. It integrates systematic reviews, administrative-report studies, qualitative corpora, prototype education evaluations (including VR), platform‑ and finance‑sector detection proposals, and population‑specific guidance (older adults, ABI). No prior synthesis version was provided for comparison.
- Publications: 32 (+5)
- Evidence statements: 142 (+23)
- Cited sources: 32 (+5)
Sources added: Anatomy of the online dating romance scam; Devices of Textual Illusion: Victimization in Romance Scam E-Letters; Essays on the Rationality of Online Romance Scammers; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; and 11 more.
Sources removed: A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Persuasive Schemes for Financial Exploitation in Online Romance Scam: An Anatomy on Sha Zhu Pan (杀猪盘) in China; Policing cross-border fraud ‘Above and below the surface’: mapping actions and developing a more effective global response; Romance Scams: Romantic Imagery and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; and 6 more.
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Version 18
Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 2 passages from synthesis version 17.
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Version 17
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.
- Publications: 27 (+1)
- Evidence statements: 119 (-1)
- Cited sources: 27 (+1)
Sources added: The Online Mutual Help Practices of Romance Fraud Victims; Understanding Romance Scammers Through the Lens of Their Victims: Qualitative Modeling of Risk and Protective Factors in the Online Context.
Sources removed: Waspada Cinta Maya: Membangun Kesadaran Bahaya Online Love Scam Masyarakat Desa 'Damai' Nglinggi, Kabupaten Klaten.
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Version 16
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version (no prior synthesis replacement changes were applied).
- Publications: 26 (-1)
- Evidence statements: 120 (+1)
- Cited sources: 26 (-1)
Sources added: Addressing Cyberscams and Acquired Brain Injury (“I Desperately Need to Know What to Do”): Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives; Policing cross-border fraud ‘Above and below the surface’: mapping actions and developing a more effective global response; Waspada Cinta Maya: Membangun Kesadaran Bahaya Online Love Scam Masyarakat Desa 'Damai' Nglinggi, Kabupaten Klaten.
Sources removed: Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Online-Dating Romance Scam in Malaysia: An Analysis of Online Conversations between Scammers and Victims; The dark side of Artificial Intelligence – Risks arising in dating applications; To pay or not to pay: An exploratory analysis of sextortion in the context of romance fraud.
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Version 15
Initial version: synthesises the supplied reviewed evidence on prevention and intervention for romance-linked scams and pig‑butchering. No prior-version evidence changes were provided.
- Publications: 27 (-9)
- Evidence statements: 119 (-26)
- Cited sources: 27 (-9)
Sources added: A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; From swipe to swindle: a narrative review of research on older adult victims of romance fraud; Romance Scams: Romantic Imagery and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; 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; Anatomy of the online dating romance scam; An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Contextualised Cyber Security Awareness Approach for Online Romance Fraud; and 12 more.
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Version 14
Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.
- Publications: 36 (-7)
- Evidence statements: 145 (-31)
- Cited sources: 36 (-7)
Sources added: An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Crypto Romance Scams and Pig Butchering; Pig Butchering Scams as Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime: A Scoping Review of Dimensions, Modus Operandi, and Victim-Offender Dynamics; The Trajectory of Romance Scams in the U.S.
Sources removed: Expectations vs reality: Responding to online fraud across the fraud justice network; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; Hook, line, and sinker: the mechanics of fraud; Paradoks Hukum Rekayasa Sosial Pig Butchering Scam Dalam Investasi Digital Aset Kripto; and 7 more.
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Version 13
Initial version: this is the first synthesized version created for the controlled topic 'Prevention and Intervention' using only the supplied reviewed evidence records. No prior-version evidence changes apply.
- Publications: 43 (+10)
- Evidence statements: 176 (+50)
- Cited sources: 43 (+10)
Sources added: Crypto-Cognitive Exploitation: Integrating Cognitive, Social, and Technological perspectives on cryptocurrency fraud; Dating hot spot to fraud hot spot: Targeting the social characteristics of romance fraud victims in England and Wales; Expectations vs reality: Responding to online fraud across the fraud justice network; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; and 15 more.
Sources removed: A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; Examining fifty cases of convicted online romance fraud offenders; 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 5 more.