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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 61

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 4. Initial version.

  2. Version 60

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version.

  3. Version 59

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. This synthesis reproduces the previously verified, protected passages verbatim where required and retains their exact evidence attachments. Per the independent audit, one previously broader methodological-future-work paragraph was narrowed to reflect only the specific future-work recommendations supported by the supplied evidence: it now reports calls for validated, reliable instruments (evidence 5457), larger mixed-method samples in pig-butchering...

  4. Version 58

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 22 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 103 (-6)
    • Cited sources: 22 (-2)

    Sources added: The Frames of Romance Scamming.

    Sources removed: A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; ‘Love is a powerful force and in our pursuit of it we are easily blinded’: Examining negative consequences experienced by catfishing fraud victims.

  5. Version 57

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 24 (+5)
    • Evidence statements: 109 (+13)
    • Cited sources: 24 (+5)

    Sources added: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; Devices of Textual Illusion: Victimization in Romance Scam E-Letters; and 7 more.

    Sources removed: Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19; More Than Just a “Bad” Online Experience: Risk Factors and Characteristics of Catfishing Fraud Victimization; The Frames of Romance Scamming; Victim-offender overlap: the identity transformations experienced by trafficked Chinese workers escaping from pig-butchering scam syndicate; and 2 more.

  6. Version 56

    Automated claim-level support repair round 3, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 55.

  7. Version 55

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 54.

  8. Version 54

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 53.

  9. Version 53

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 19 (-7)
    • Evidence statements: 96 (-43)
    • Cited sources: 19 (-7)

    Sources added: Online-Dating Romance Scam in Malaysia: An Analysis of Online Conversations between Scammers and Victims.

    Sources removed: A systematic literature review of profiling victims of cyber scams: setting up a framework for future research; Cyber Romance Scam Victimization Analysis using Routine Activity Theory Versus Apriori Algorithm; Mapping romance fraud research – a systematic review; My Parents Expectations Were Overwhelming: Online Dating Romance Scams Targeting Minors in Iran Through Exploitation of Parental Pressure; and 4 more.

  10. Version 52

    Initial version.

    • Publications: 26 (-19)
    • Evidence statements: 139 (-33)
    • Cited sources: 26 (-19)

    Sources added: A systematic literature review of profiling victims of cyber scams: setting up a framework for future research; Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19; More Than Just a “Bad” Online Experience: Risk Factors and Characteristics of Catfishing Fraud Victimization; Understanding Romance Scammers Through the Lens of Their Victims: Qualitative Modeling of Risk and Protective Factors in the Online Context; and 1 more.

    Sources removed: A new type of victim? Profiling survivors of modern slavery in the online scam industry in Southeast Asia; Análisis Jurídico del Catfishing en Transacciones de Comercio Telemático en Ecuador: Desafíos y Soluciones en el Contexto de la Seguridad Cibernética; A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; and 20 more.

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