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Living Evidence Synthesis

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Victim Vulnerabilities

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 90

    Current public version

    Incremental evidence update. A small update is warranted. Distinguish suggested emotional vulnerability from demonstrated risk, add the findings on relationship disclosure and knowledge/protective-practice differences with their outcome and sampling limits, and recognize sociodemographic comparisons as future research rather than established vulnerability rankings. Remove the synthetic-persona citation from the methodological synthesis. The central conclusion against a reliable victim checklist...

    • Publications: 27 (+2)
    • Evidence statements: 122 (+4)
    • Cited sources: 27 (+2)

    Sources added: Examining fifty cases of convicted online romance fraud offenders; Knowledge and Protective Practice Towards Love Scam Among Female Facebook Users in Malaysia; Romance Fraud in India: A Qualitative Study of Online–Offline Transitions in the Digital Dating Ecosystem.

    Sources removed: Synthetic Dialogue Dataset for Romance Scam Detection.

  2. Version 89

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 5 passages from synthesis version 88.

  3. Version 88

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 25 (-5)
    • Evidence statements: 118 (-24)
    • Cited sources: 25 (-5)

    Sources removed: Adult attachment and online dating deception: a theory modernized; Factors of susceptibility to online romance scam in Malaysia: unraveling the complex pathways; Modelling the modus operandi of online romance fraud: Perspectives of online romance fraudsters; The Effects of Risky Behaviors and Social Factors on the Frequency of Fraud Victimization Among Known Victims; and 1 more.

  4. Version 87

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 30 (-10)
    • Evidence statements: 142 (-11)
    • Cited sources: 30 (-10)

    Sources added: Adult attachment and online dating deception: a theory modernized; Digital Desire and the Cyber Imposter: A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Catfishing; Factors of susceptibility to online romance scam in Malaysia: unraveling the complex pathways; Love and Technology; and 5 more.

    Sources removed: An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives; Cybercrime over Internet Love Scams in Malaysia: A Discussion on the Theoretical Perspectives, Connecting Factors and Keys to the Problem; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Fraudsters target the elderly: Behavioural evidence from randomised controlled scam-baiting experiments; and 15 more.

  5. Version 86

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 85.

  6. Version 85

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

    • Publications: 40 (+2)
    • Evidence statements: 153 (+2)
    • Cited sources: 40 (+2)

    Sources added: Quit Playing Games with My Heart: Understanding Online Dating Scams; Self and desired partner descriptions in the online romance scam: a linguistic analysis of scammer and general user profiles on online dating portals; What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021).

    Sources removed: Digital Desire and the Cyber Imposter: A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Catfishing.

  7. Version 84

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version: complete evidence synthesis produced from the supplied corpus. This is the first revision; no earlier version of this synthesis in this task was modified.

    • Publications: 38 (-7)
    • Evidence statements: 151 (-31)
    • Cited sources: 38 (-7)

    Sources added: Online Romance Scammers.

    Sources removed: Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Compound Capitalism: A Political Economy of Southeast Asia’s Online Scam Operations; More than Money: Examining the Potential Exposure of Romance Fraud Victims to Identity Crime; My Parents Expectations Were Overwhelming: Online Dating Romance Scams Targeting Minors in Iran Through Exploitation of Parental Pressure; and 4 more.

  8. Version 83

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 45 (+15)
    • Evidence statements: 182 (+53)
    • Cited sources: 45 (+15)

    Sources added: An Anatomy of ‘Pig Butchering Scams’: Chinese Victims’ and Police Officers’ Perspectives; Bi-Directional Exploitation of Human Trafficking Victims: Both Targets and Perpetrators in Cybercrime; Cybercrime over Internet Love Scams in Malaysia: A Discussion on the Theoretical Perspectives, Connecting Factors and Keys to the Problem; Developing online deception literacy while looking for love; and 23 more.

    Sources removed: An exploration of the motivations of catfish perpetrators and the emotions and feelings expressed by catfish victims using automated linguistic analysis and thematic analysis; A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; and 8 more.

  9. Version 82

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 2 passages from synthesis version 81.

  10. Version 81

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version of this synthesis. No prior version comparison changes apply.

    • Publications: 30 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 129 (-26)
    • Cited sources: 30 (-6)

    Sources removed: Digital Desire and the Cyber Imposter: A Psychoanalytic Reflection on Catfishing; Exploring the roles played by trust and technology in the online investment fraud victimisation process; Grooming in online dating romance frauds and scams: A scoping review; More than Money: Examining the Potential Exposure of Romance Fraud Victims to Identity Crime; and 2 more.

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