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Living Evidence Synthesis

Revision history

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 25

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 4. This synthesis replaces the prior draft and preserves independently verified protected passages verbatim where required. In response to the audit, one institutional‑response paragraph was narrowed to include only claims explicitly supported by supplied evidence (retaining that private-channel communication reduces reporting and that embarrassment deters reporting) and omitting an unsupported specific claim about small losses discouraging police con...

    • Publications: 33 (+1)
    • Evidence statements: 112 (+1)
    • Cited sources: 33 (+1)

    Sources added: Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm.

  2. Version 24

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version.

  3. Version 23

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

    • Publications: 32 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 111 (-4)
    • Cited sources: 32 (-1)

    Sources removed: Romance Fraud: Its Repercussions on Victims’ Wellbeing.

  4. Version 22

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. This synthesis is a revised replacement produced to address independent audit feedback from the prior draft. Material adjustments include: (1) preserving previously audited, supported summary passages verbatim where required; (2) removing or not repeating assertions that the audit found unsupported in the supplied evidence (notably claims that clinicians and anti‑fraud volunteers were specifically documented as third‑party reporters in the audited...

    • Publications: 33 (-1)
    • Evidence statements: 115 (-2)
    • Cited sources: 33 (-1)

    Sources removed: Online Romance Scams: Relational Dynamics and Psychological Characteristics of the Victims and Scammers. A Scoping Review.

  5. Version 21

    Initial version: this is the first synthesis prepared from the provided reviewed evidence records.

    • Publications: 34 (+13)
    • Evidence statements: 117 (+42)
    • Cited sources: 34 (+13)

    Sources added: Deconstructing a form of hybrid investment fraud: Examining ‘pig butchering’ in the United States; Law Enforcement Against Perpetrators Of Romance Fraud In Cyberspace; Mental Health Impacts of Cybercrime; More Than Just a “Bad” Online Experience: Risk Factors and Characteristics of Catfishing Fraud Victimization; and 13 more.

    Sources removed: 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; Romance Scam and Legal Interpreting/Translation; The online dating romance scam: The psychological impact on victims – both financial and non-financial.

  6. Version 20

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

  7. Version 19

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 21 (-3)
    • Evidence statements: 75 (-11)
    • Cited sources: 21 (-3)

    Sources removed: Law Enforcement Against Perpetrators Of Romance Fraud In Cyberspace; Online Dating Scam Victims Psychological Impact Analysis; The effect of true crime docuseries on romance fraud reporting to the police.

  8. Version 18

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 24 (-12)
    • Evidence statements: 86 (-44)
    • Cited sources: 24 (-12)

    Sources added: Addressing Cyberscams and Acquired Brain Injury (“I Desperately Need to Know What to Do”): Qualitative Exploration of Clinicians’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Law Enforcement Against Perpetrators Of Romance Fraud In Cyberspace; My Parents Expectations Were Overwhelming: Online Dating Romance Scams Targeting Minors in Iran Through Exploitation of Parental Pressure; and 3 more.

    Sources removed: Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; Deconstructing a form of hybrid investment fraud: Examining ‘pig butchering’ in the United States; Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud; Exploring Fear of Crime for Those Targeted by Romance Fraud; and 15 more.

  9. Version 17

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 2 passages from synthesis version 16.

  10. Version 16

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 5 passages from synthesis version 15.

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