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Living Evidence Synthesis

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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 94

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 2 passages from synthesis version 93.

  2. Version 93

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

  3. Version 92

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

  4. Version 91

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 90.

  5. Version 90

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 5 passages from synthesis version 89.

  6. Version 89

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version: this synthesis is the first complete replacement generated for the controlled topic using the supplied reviewed evidence and preserves mandated protected passages verbatim where required. No prior-version evidence changes apply because this is the initial produced revision.

    • Publications: 66 (-4)
    • Evidence statements: 257 (-6)
    • Cited sources: 66 (-4)

    Sources added: More than Money: Examining the Potential Exposure of Romance Fraud Victims to Identity Crime.

    Sources removed: Mapping Computer Mediated Communication Theories and Persuasive Strategies in Analysing Online Dating Romance Scam; Romance Scams and Older Adults: A Health and Social Care Perspective; The Online Romance Scam: A Serious Cybercrime; The Transformation of LGBTQ+ Relationships in Turkey from Digital Dating to Digital Violence; and 1 more.

  7. Version 88

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 70 (+31)
    • Evidence statements: 263 (+85)
    • Cited sources: 70 (+31)

    Sources added: A Guide to Understanding Romance Fraud; Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; Analysis of the Romance Scam Phenomenon in Interpersonal Communication of Love Scammer & Victim; Contextualised Cyber Security Awareness Approach for Online Romance Fraud; and 41 more.

    Sources removed: Analyzing the Evolving Modus Operandi of Romance Scams via Court Judgments: Crime Script and Policy Implications; A Sinister Fattening: Dissecting the Tales of Pig Butchering and Other Cryptocurrency Scams; Double, triple or quadruple hits? Exploring the impact of cybercrime on victims in the Netherlands; Emotional and financial costs of online dating scam: A phenomenological narrative of the experiences of victims of Nigerian romance fraudsters; and 10 more.

  8. Version 87

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 6 passages from synthesis version 86.

  9. Version 86

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. This document replaces the prior draft and preserves the auditor‑protected passages verbatim where required. Compared with the previous version, I removed or narrowed assertions that the audit identified as unsupported (explicit claims about physical consequences as a general class and specified statements about automated‑detection prototypes lacking empirical validation). Preserved paragraphs were reproduced exactly with their required evidence ID...

    • Evidence statements: 178 (+25)

    Sources added: (Mis)Understanding the Impact of Online Fraud: Implications for Victim Assistance Schemes; Addressing Cyberscams and Acquired Brain Injury (“I Desperately Need to Know What to Do”): Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives; Double, triple or quadruple hits? Exploring the impact of cybercrime on victims in the Netherlands; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; and 2 more.

    Sources removed: Digital Desire and the Cyber Imposter: A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Catfishing; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Exploring the roles played by trust and technology in the online investment fraud victimisation process; Online-Dating Romance Scam in Malaysia: An Analysis of Online Conversations between Scammers and Victims; and 2 more.

  10. Version 85

    Initial version: synthesizes the supplied reviewed evidence on psychological, social, physical, and financial harms from relationship‑based online fraud. No prior version changes to report.

    • Publications: 39 (-8)
    • Evidence statements: 153 (-33)
    • Cited sources: 39 (-8)

    Sources added: 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; Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud; and 11 more.

    Sources removed: (Mis)Understanding the Impact of Online Fraud: Implications for Victim Assistance Schemes; Addressing Cyberscams and Acquired Brain Injury (“I Desperately Need to Know What to Do”): Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives; A Guide to Understanding Romance Fraud; Analysis of the Romance Scam Phenomenon in Interpersonal Communication of Love Scammer & Victim; and 19 more.

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