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Living Evidence Synthesis

Revision history

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 30

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 2 passages from synthesis version 29.

  2. Version 29

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 28.

  3. Version 28

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version (no prior synthesized-version changes).

    • Publications: 35 (-5)
    • Evidence statements: 137 (-43)
    • Cited sources: 35 (-5)

    Sources added: The Emerging Trends of Online Romance Fraud in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.

    Sources removed: Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Do You Love Me? Psychological Characteristics of Romance Scam Victims; Epistolary Affect and Romance Scams: Letter from an Unknown Woman; Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19; and 2 more.

  4. Version 27

    Initial version: no prior-version evidence changes supplied.

    • Publications: 40 (+10)
    • Evidence statements: 180 (+58)
    • Cited sources: 40 (+10)

    Sources added: A new type of victim? Profiling survivors of modern slavery in the online scam industry in Southeast Asia; A Study on Romance Scam : The Current Situation and Effective Countermeasures; Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Grooming in online dating romance frauds and scams: A scoping review; and 10 more.

    Sources removed: A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Shifting routines and the industrialisation of scams: the impact of Covid-19 on deception crimes in Hong Kong; The victimology of online fraud: A focus on romance fraud victimisation.

  5. Version 26

    Automated claim-level support repair round 2, correcting 1 passage from synthesis version 25.

  6. Version 25

    Automated claim-level support repair round 1, correcting 3 passages from synthesis version 24.

  7. Version 24

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 30 (-7)
    • Evidence statements: 122 (-31)
    • Cited sources: 30 (-7)

    Sources added: Profiling consumers who reported mass marketing scams: demographic characteristics and emotional sentiments associated with victimization.

    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; Examining fifty cases of convicted online romance fraud offenders; Grooming in online dating romance frauds and scams: A scoping review; and 4 more.

  8. Version 23

    Initial version: no prior evidence changes to report.

    • Publications: 37 (+10)
    • Evidence statements: 153 (+39)
    • Cited sources: 37 (+10)

    Sources added: A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; Does age matter? Examining seniors’ experiences of romance fraud; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; Epistolary Affect and Romance Scams: Letter from an Unknown Woman; and 14 more.

    Sources removed: Beyond Dollars: Unveiling the Deeper Layers of Online Romance Scams Introducing “Body Scam”; Mapping Computer Mediated Communication Theories and Persuasive Strategies in Analysing Online Dating Romance Scam; Mental Health Impacts of Cybercrime; More than Money: Examining the Potential Exposure of Romance Fraud Victims to Identity Crime; and 4 more.

  9. Version 22

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. This is the initial version of the evidence synthesis provided to replace the audited narrative. Passages flagged by the audit were corrected or limited: statements that previously asserted broad author calls for multilevel models or explicit AI-focused research were narrowed to only those future-work items directly supported by supplied evidence (for example validated-instrument gaps and calls for longitudinal designs where explicitly recommended)...

    • Publications: 27 (-6)
    • Evidence statements: 114 (-29)
    • Cited sources: 27 (-6)

    Sources removed: A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; Examining fifty cases of convicted online romance fraud offenders; Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19; Paradoks Hukum Rekayasa Sosial Pig Butchering Scam Dalam Investasi Digital Aset Kripto; and 2 more.

  10. Version 21

    Initial version: synthesizes the supplied reviewed evidence on psychosocial drivers, offender grooming and profiling, cognitive mechanisms sustaining engagement and repeat victimization, contextual moderators and special populations, methodological patterns/limitations, and prioritized future research directions. No prior-version evidence changes are applicable because this is the first generated synthesis provided to the user.

    • Publications: 33 (-3)
    • Evidence statements: 143 (-7)
    • Cited sources: 33 (-3)

    Sources added: A Research on False Pragmatic Identity Construction in Telecom Network Dating Scam; A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; Devices of Textual Illusion: Victimization in Romance Scam E-Letters; Do You Love Me? Psychological Characteristics of Romance Scam Victims; and 9 more.

    Sources removed: Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; Analysis of "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective; Catfishing – jako przejaw przestępstwa kradzieży tożsamości; Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; and 12 more.

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