Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, law enforcement, platform policy, AI misuse, measurement, cross-cultural
Methods: interview, content analysis, experiment, qualitative, quantitative
Romance scams are orchestrated by online criminals who cultivate a deceptive romantic relationship on dating platforms with the aim of extracting money from victims. This form of cybercrime is harmful and often leaves th...
What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021)
Lazarus, S.; Whittaker, JM.; McGuire, MR.; Platt, L. (2023) — Journal of Economic Criminology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
This piece examines What do we know about online romance fraud studies? A systematic review of the empirical literature (2000 to 2021) within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines co...
The New Technology of Financial Crime
Rebovich, Donald; Byrne, James M. (2022) — Routledge eBooks
Type: Book
Country: United Kingdom
This Routledge eBook surveys the evolving intersection of finance and technology as it relates to crime. It charts how digital platforms, automated systems, and rapid cross-border flows have transformed the methods by wh...
Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19
Buil-Gil, D.; Zeng, Y. (2021) — Journal of Financial Crime
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, older adults, law enforcement, AI misuse, risk factors, measurement
Populations: older adults
Methods: survey
This piece examines Meeting you was a fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud during COVID-19 within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the...
Automatically Dismantling Online Dating Fraud
Suarez-Tangil, Guillermo; Edwards, Matthew; Peersman, Claudia; Stringhini, Gianluca; Rashid, Awais; Whitty, Monica (2020) — IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Automatically Dismantling Online Dating Fraud is positioned as a study of deceptive activity on dating platforms and a proposal for an automated approach to counter it. The article defines common fraud scenarios such as...
Contextualised Cyber Security Awareness Approach for Online Romance Fraud
Dickerson, S.; Apeh, E.; Ollis, G. (2020) — 2020 7th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC)
Type: Proceedings Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, platform policy, AI misuse, prevention, measurement
Romance fraud caused substantial financial loss in 2018, with 50 million pounds reported and a 27 percent rise from the prior year, despite increased publicity and guidance on the issue. This pattern indicates that roman...
Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud
Carter, E. (2020) — The British Journal of Criminology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, AI misuse, prevention
This piece examines Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in t...
Online romance scams target users of dating platforms by siphoning substantial sums of money and inflicting meaningful psychological distress. Those affected frequently blame themselves for the losses and also face blame...
Who can spot an online romance scam?
Whitty, MT. (2019) — Journal of Financial Crime
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: offender tactics, psychology, AI misuse, risk factors, measurement
This study investigates factors that predict the ability to identify online romance scams, focusing on personality traits, belief systems, domain expertise, and response speed. In an online experiment, 261 participants w...
Do You Love Me? Psychological Characteristics of Romance Scam Victims
Whitty, MT. (2018) — Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Do You Love Me? Psychological Characteristics of Romance Scam Victims, published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, presents a catalog-style overview of how perpetrators exploit online romance scripts a...
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