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RSRC curates scholarship across cyber defense, psychology, criminality, privacy, gerontology, AI misuse, and more—using AI summaries and copyright-compliant links to where the work is published.

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Grooming in online dating romance frauds and scams: A scoping review

This scoping review catalogs scholarly work on grooming practices within online dating romance frauds and scams. It seeks to map how grooming is defined and conceptualized in this domain, how offenders initiate and susta...

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Forensic footprints in digital love: Unveiling romance scams with Maltego and ma...

Catalog-style synopsis of a conference entry: Forensic footprints in digital love. Unveiling romance scams with Maltego and machine learning. AIP conference proceedings. The entry surveys how romance scams manifest in on...

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My Parents Expectations Were Overwhelming: Online Dating Romance Scams Targeting...

This piece examines My Parents Expectations Were Overwhelming: Online Dating Romance Scams Targeting Minors in Iran Through Exploitation of Parental Pressure within the broader context of online fraud and mediated commun...

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Love Scam: Sejauh Manakah Undang-Undang melindungi Mangsa Love Scam di Malaysia?

This piece examines Love Scam: Sejauh Manakah Undang-Undang melindungi Mangsa Love Scam di Malaysia? within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the li...

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Bridging the Protection Gap: Innovative Approaches to Shield Older Adults from A...

Bridging the Protection Gap: Innovative Approaches to Shield Older Adults from AI-Enhanced Scams is presented as a session at the 2024 Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium (CARS). The catalog entry notes a cross-discip...

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Crypto-Cognitive Exploitation: Integrating Cognitive, Social, and Technological...

Crypto-Cognitive Exploitation offers a catalog-style synthesis of how fraud in cryptocurrency environments emerges from the interplay of cognitive processes, social dynamics, and technological infrastructures. The volume...

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“Simple job, high salary”: unveiling the complexity of scam-forced criminality i...

This catalog-style entry surveys the phenomenon commonly framed as “simple job, high salary” and its role in scam-forced criminality in Southeast Asia. The framing gathers a spectrum of recruitment narratives, promises o...

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