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Living Evidence Synthesis

Revision history

Psychological and Financial Harms

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 77

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version.

    • Publications: 28 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 135 (-1)
    • Cited sources: 28 (-1)

    Sources removed: What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021).

  2. Version 76

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version (no prior revision supplied). This synthesis reproduces and preserves all required protected passages verbatim with the listed evidence IDs, integrates additional reviewed evidence where explicitly attached to claims, and limits statements about interventions, prevalence, and causality to what the supplied evidence directly supports.

    • Publications: 29 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 136 (-14)
    • Cited sources: 29 (-2)

    Sources removed: Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud; “You’re not alone”: the use of peer support groups for fraud victims.

  3. Version 75

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version — this synthesis is the first complete evidence-grounded version produced for the controlled topic 'Psychological and Financial Harms' and uses only the supplied reviewed evidence records listed in the attached evidence_ids.

    • Publications: 31 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 150 (-13)
    • Cited sources: 31 (-6)

    Sources added: Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud; What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021).

    Sources removed: Educating students on the behavioral and psychological aspects of romance scam victimization via a social engineering competition; Factors Influencing Involvement in Cyber-Frauds in West Africa and the Implications for Policy; HeartGuard VR: Immersive Romance Scam Education; Mental Health Impacts of Cybercrime; and 4 more.

  4. Version 74

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 37 (+13)
    • Evidence statements: 163 (+56)
    • Cited sources: 37 (+13)

    Sources added: Addressing Cyberscams and Acquired Brain Injury (“I Desperately Need to Know What to Do”): Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives; Connecting Chinese and American Scam Victims; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Educating students on the behavioral and psychological aspects of romance scam victimization via a social engineering competition; and 20 more.

    Sources removed: Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética; Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Catfishing: a conduta de assumir uma identidade falsa nas plataformas de mídia social e suas consequências jurídico-penais; Developments in the Law Governing Online Activity: The Criminalisation of Catfishing and Civil Relief in Cases of Image-Based Sexual Abuse; and 7 more.

  5. Version 73

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 5. Initial version.

    • Publications: 24 (-3)
    • Evidence statements: 107 (-12)
    • Cited sources: 24 (-3)

    Sources removed: Online Romance Scams: Relational Dynamics and Psychological Characteristics of the Victims and Scammers. A Scoping Review; The dark side of Artificial Intelligence – Risks arising in dating applications; “I Suspect That the Pictures Are Stolen”: Romance Fraud, Identity Crime, and Responding to Suspicions of Inauthentic Identities.

  6. Version 72

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 4. Initial version.

    • Publications: 27 (+4)
    • Evidence statements: 119 (+16)
    • Cited sources: 27 (+4)

    Sources added: Online Romance Scams: Relational Dynamics and Psychological Characteristics of the Victims and Scammers. A Scoping Review; The dark side of Artificial Intelligence – Risks arising in dating applications; “Falling into a Black Hole”: A Qualitative Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Cyberscam Victim-Survivors and Their Social Support Networks; “I Suspect That the Pictures Are Stolen”: Romance Fraud, Identity Crime, and Responding to Suspicions of Inauthentic Identities.

  7. Version 71

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version.

  8. Version 70

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

  9. Version 69

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 23 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 103 (-13)
    • Cited sources: 23 (-2)

    Sources added: Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; Romance Scam Reporting and Support: Help-Seeking Timing, Trust, and Escalation; What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021).

    Sources removed: Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud; More than Money: Examining the Potential Exposure of Romance Fraud Victims to Identity Crime; Romance Scam: Victim Manipulation and Human Trafficking; and 2 more.

  10. Version 68

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 25 (-15)
    • Evidence statements: 116 (-78)
    • Cited sources: 25 (-15)

    Sources added: Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética; Catfishing: a conduta de assumir uma identidade falsa nas plataformas de mídia social e suas consequências jurídico-penais; Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; Emotional and financial costs of online dating scam: A phenomenological narrative of the experiences of victims of Nigerian romance fraudsters; and 9 more.

    Sources removed: Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Contextualised Cyber Security Awareness Approach for Online Romance Fraud; Crypto-Cognitive Exploitation: Integrating Cognitive, Social, and Technological perspectives on cryptocurrency fraud; and 24 more.

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