Individual differences in susceptibility to online influence: A theoretical review
Williams, Emma J.; Beardmore, Amy; Joinson, Adam N. (2017) — Computers in Human Behavior
Type: Journal Article
Country: Global
Tags: online scams, phishing, social engineering, individual differences, information processing, trust, decision making, risk
This piece examines Individual differences in susceptibility to online influence: A theoretical review within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the...
Slumdog romance: Facebook love and digital privacy at the margins
Scheiber, Laura; Arora, Payal (2017) — Media, Culture & Society
Type: Journal Article
Country: Netherlands
Tags: platform policy, AI misuse, online dating platforms, cross-cultural
This study frames Facebook as a central arena for social life among economically disadvantaged populations in the global South, consolidating a range of online activities into a single, dominant platform. It notes that i...
The Role of Love stories in Romance Scams: A Qualitative Analysis of Fraudulent Profiles
Christian Kopp; Robert Layton; Jim Sillitoe; Iqbal Gondal (2016) — Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Online Romance Scam represents a highly effective form of fraud that imposes substantial financial losses and emotional distress on those targeted. This study develops a perspective intended to help explain why this...
Imagining the Absent Partner: Intimacy and Imagination in Long-Distance Relationships
Jurkane-Hobein, Iveta (2015) — Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences
Type: Journal Article
Country: Latvia
This piece examines IMAGINING THE ABSENT PARTNER - INTIMACY AND IMAGINATION IN LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in...
This piece examines Anatomy of the online dating romance scam within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literature, describes how offenders culti...
The online dating romance scam: causes and consequences of victimhood
Buchanan, T.; Whitty, MT. (2013) — Psychology, Crime & Law
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
This catalog-style synopsis surveys the topic of online dating romance scams as presented in Psychology, Crime & Law. The article defines the phenomenon as deceitful relationship-building undertaken through digital datin...
The Online Romance Scam: A Serious Cybercrime
Whitty, MT.; Buchanan, T. (2012) — Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
This entry examines online romance scams as a form of cybercrime characterized by deliberate deception within internet relationships initiated on dating sites, apps, or social networks. Perpetrators cultivate emotional c...
Epistolary Affect and Romance Scams: Letter from an Unknown Woman<sup>*</sup>
Steyerl, H. (2011) — October
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
This work is presented as a catalog-style inquiry into how written address and emotional rhetoric operate within the framework of romance and deception. The item treats the epistolary form as a vehicle for affect, tracin...
Neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love
Acevedo, Bianca P.; Aron, Arthur; Fisher, Helen E.; Brown, Lucy L. (2011) — Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
This piece examines Neural correlates of long-term intense romantic love within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literature, describes how offe...
Regional Brain Activity in Women Grieving a Romantic Relationship Breakup
Najib, Arif; Lorberbaum, Jeffrey P.; Kose, Samet; Bohning, Daryl E.; George, Mark S. (2004) — American Journal of Psychiatry
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
This piece examines Regional Brain Activity in Women Grieving a Romantic Relationship Breakup within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literatur...
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