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Living Evidence Synthesis

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Reporting and Help-Seeking

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 10

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version.

    • Publications: 21 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 79 (-3)
    • Cited sources: 21 (-1)

    Sources removed: Relationship fraud: Romance, friendship and family frauds.

  2. Version 9

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

  3. Version 8

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version: complete synthesis produced from the supplied reviewed evidence. This is the first revision and incorporates the protected, independently verified passages exactly as required. No external or unreviewed sources were added. The synthesis narrows or omits previously audit-flagged overstatements: statements lacking direct support (for example, broad claims about the consistent presence of empathetic institutional contacts, or that eva...

    • Publications: 22 (+2)
    • Evidence statements: 82 (+1)
    • Cited sources: 22 (+2)

    Sources added: Romance Scam as one of the main Challenges of cybercrime; Romance Scam Reporting and Support: Help-Seeking Timing, Trust, and Escalation; Romance Scam Victimization: A Survey-Based Examination of Financial, Psychological, and Reporting Factors; The prevention of online romance scams using a crime script analysis from the victim’s perspective.

    Sources removed: Mental Health Impacts of Cybercrime; The effect of true crime docuseries on romance fraud reporting to the police.

  4. Version 7

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 20 (-48)
    • Evidence statements: 81 (-118)
    • Cited sources: 20 (-48)

    Sources added: Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; The Scammers Persuasive Techniques Model: Development of a Stage Model to Explain the Online Dating Romance Scam.

    Sources removed: Addressing Cyberscams and Acquired Brain Injury (“I Desperately Need to Know What to Do”): Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives; A Juridical Review of Love Scam Crimes from the Perspective of Criminal Law and the Electronic Information and Transactions Law in Indonesia; Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam: Pig Butchering; and 46 more.

  5. Version 6

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 5. Initial version of this synthesis; no prior-version evidence changes to report.

  6. Version 5

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 4. This version replaces the previous draft to incorporate audit-identified corrections. Protected summary passages from the prior version were preserved verbatim where required. Methodological-support claims were narrowed per audit: two portal-method items (7329, 7537) were excluded where they did not directly support methodological statements; an assertion that triangulation across data types is common and cannot resolve measurement gaps was removed...

  7. Version 4

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. This is a revised synthesis produced in response to an independent audit. Protected passages identified by the audit were preserved verbatim (executive summary and specified paragraphs). Other paragraphs were narrowed or reworded to remove assertions the audit flagged as unsupported (for example, explicit claims that formal reporting 'often' involves banks or that systematic evaluation of dedicated reporting channels is limited by study design). Wh...

    • Publications: 68 (+1)
    • Evidence statements: 199 (+2)
    • Cited sources: 68 (+1)

    Sources added: Romance Scams and Older Adults: A Health and Social Care Perspective; “I knew it was a scam”: Understanding the triggers for recognizing romance fraud.

    Sources removed: Romance Scam Victimization: A Survey-Based Examination of Financial, Psychological, and Reporting Factors.

  8. Version 3

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. This is the initial consolidated synthesis for the topic of Reporting and Help-Seeking. It integrates core findings across the provided evidence base, highlights areas of agreement and uncertainty, and clearly attributes statements to specific evidence records. No prior version changes are listed because this is the first version created from the supplied reviewed evidence set.

    • Publications: 67 (+28)
    • Evidence statements: 197 (+62)
    • Cited sources: 67 (+28)

    Sources added: A Juridical Review of Love Scam Crimes from the Perspective of Criminal Law and the Electronic Information and Transactions Law in Indonesia; Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; Anatomy of the online dating romance scam; Catfishing on Social Media: A Criminal Law And Islamic Criminal Law Analysis In Jambi; and 27 more.

    Sources removed: Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; The Trajectory of Romance Scams in the U.S; “I knew it was a scam”: Understanding the triggers for recognizing romance fraud.

  9. Version 2

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. This is the initial comprehensive synthesis focused on reporting and help-seeking in romance scams. It consolidates findings across stigma, underreporting, informal versus formal help-seeking, reporting-system fragmentation, and policy-oriented recommendations. It also notes methodological patterns and evidence gaps, with explicit citations mapping to the supplied evidence records. The synthesis avoids causal overreach and emphasizes areas of agree...

    • Publications: 39 (+1)
    • Evidence statements: 135 (-4)
    • Cited sources: 39 (+1)

    Sources added: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; Media Presentation of Online Romance Fraud in the Czech Republic: Visibility, Victim-Offender Framing, and Sentiment; ROMANCE AND RUIN: THE INTERPLAY OF FINANCIAL LOSS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG LOVE SCAM VICTIMS IN THE PHILIPPINES; and 2 more.

    Sources removed: Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud; Online Dating Scam Victims Psychological Impact Analysis; and 1 more.

  10. Version 1

    This is the initial synthesis. It consolidates diverse, reviewed evidence on reporting and help-seeking in romance scams, highlighting pervasive underreporting, barriers rooted in stigma and shame, informal help-seeking patterns, and mixed evidence on media and policy impacts. It identifies methodological limitations, gaps in prevalence data, and directions for future research and practice.

    • Publications: 38
    • Evidence statements: 139
    • Cited sources: 38
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