The Online Dating Romance Scam is described as a relatively new form of online fraud. The article integrates insights from three qualitative studies: an analysis of posts in a public online support group, in-depth interv...
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 Scammers Persuasive Techniques Model: Development of a Stage Model to Explain the Online Dating Romance Scam
Whitty, MT. (2013) — British Journal of Criminology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
This article develops a stage-based explanatory framework to account for online dating romance scams. The proposed model traces how persuasive techniques are organized and deployed across successive phases of a scam enco...
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...
Reward, Addiction, and Emotion Regulation Systems Associated With Rejection in Love
Fisher, Helen E.; Brown, Lucy L.; Aron, Arthur; Strong, Greg; Mashek, Debra (2010) — Journal of Neurophysiology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
Tags: victim experience, AI misuse, risk factors
Romantic rejection is tied to a deep experience of loss and negative mood, with the potential to precipitate clinical depression and, in extreme cases, fatal outcomes. To begin mapping the brain systems that underlie thi...
Relationship problems and the DSM:needed improvements and suggested solutions
HEYMAN, RICHARD E.; SLEP, AMY M. SMITH; BEACH, STEVEN R.H.; WAMBOLDT, MARIANNE Z.; KASLOW, NADINE J.; REISS, DAVID (2009) — World Psychiatry
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
This World Psychiatry article surveys how relationship problems are represented within the DSM framework and what improvements could enhance clinical usefulness. It considers how relational distress intersects with vario...
Reward, Motivation, and Emotion Systems Associated With Early-Stage Intense Romantic Love
Aron, Arthur; Fisher, Helen; Mashek, Debra J.; Strong, Greg; Li, Haifang; Brown, Lucy L. (2005) — Journal of Neurophysiology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
Tags: AI misuse, risk factors, cross-cultural
Methods: survey
Early-stage romantic love is described as capable of producing euphoria and as a cross-cultural phenomenon that may reflect an evolved mammalian drive to pursue preferred mates. It influences social behaviors in ways tha...
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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