Type: Journal Article
Country: Finland
Tags: AI misuse
The paper analyzes romance scams as a distinct and serious form of cybercrime, emphasizing that these schemes rely on emotional manipulation rather than purely financial deception. Offenders build fabricated romantic rel...
Shifting routines and the industrialisation of scams: the impact of Covid-19 on deception crimes in Hong Kong
Akartuna, Eray Arda; Yeung, Felix Sin Wai; Manning, Matthew; Bish, Alexandre (2025) — Trends in Organized Crime
Type: Journal Article
Country: Hong Kong
Tags: Deception, Fraud, Pig butchering, Romance scams, Covid-19, Hong Kong, Routine Activity Theory, Crime displacement, victim experience, risk factors, measurement, cross-cultural
This study analyzes how the Covid-19 crisis affected deception-related crime in Hong Kong by examining a period from February 2020 to June 2023. The researchers apply an Auto ARIMA time series approach to contrast crime...
Strategic business movements? The migration of online romance fraudsters from Nigeria to Ghana
Lazarus, S.; Button, M.; Garba, KH.; Soares, AB.; Hughes, M. (2025) — Journal of Economic Criminology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
This catalog entry surveys the topic of cross-border movement among actors involved in online romance fraud, focusing on a shift from Nigeria to Ghana. The article situates the phenomenon within the broader field of econ...
The Deceptive Allure: Understanding and Combating Cryptocurrency Pig Butchering Scams
Krause, David (2025) — SSRN Electronic Journal
Type: Journal Article
The Deceptive Allure: Understanding and Combating Cryptocurrency Pig Butchering Scams provides a neutral, catalog-style examination of a form of online fraud that has emerged within cryptocurrency ecosystems. The work de...
The effect of true crime docuseries on romance fraud reporting to the police
Grant, Stephany; Buil-Gil, David (2025) — Crime Science
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
Tags: victim experience, platform policy, AI misuse, prevention
Romance fraud is a crime in which an individual is deceived for financial gain by someone they believe to be a romantic partner. Despite its reach and impact on victims, this form of wrongdoing remains markedly underrepo...
The Gamification of Online Romance Fraud through Offenders’ Cards
Abubakari, Yushawu; Oseh-Ovarah, Valeen (2025) — Digital Threats: Research and Practice
This study addresses the persistence of online romance fraud in Ghana and treats offenders as strategic players within a game-theoretic framework. By viewing fraudulent encounters as a strategic contest, the researchers...
The Imperfect ‘Perfect’ Fraudster: Exploring How Vulnerability Framing, Fraudster Identity, and Victim Attachment Shape Financial Risk Perception
Huang, Yidan; Yao, Rui (2025) — European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
This catalog-style synopsis describes a scholarly examination of the figure of the “imperfect yet seemingly perfect” fraudster, focusing on how vulnerability framing, fraudster identity, and victim attachment converge to...
The Mental Health Impacts of Internet Scams
Balcombe, Luke (2025) — International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Type: Journal Article
Country: Australia
Tags: victim experience, AI misuse, risk factors, prevention
Cyber fraud schemes have grown in sophistication and are increasingly prevalent in affluent countries such as Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Within this landscape, Australia has demonstrate...
The Online Mutual Help Practices of Romance Fraud Victims
Cantin, Pascale-Marie; Ream, Fyscillia; Dupont, Benoît (2025) — Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press eBooks
Type: Book Chapter
This volume examines the online mutual help practices of individuals who have experienced romance fraud. Published by Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa (University of Ottawa Press eBooks), it presents a cross‑discipli...
The prevention of online romance scams using a crime script analysis from the victim’s perspective
Wang, Fangzhou; Kelsay, James D (2025) — International Review of Victimology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United States
Tags: victim experience, offender tactics, platform policy, AI misuse, social engineering, prevention, measurement, cross-cultural
Online romance scams (ORS) have grown in severity, exploiting human vulnerabilities and trust through social engineering, which underscores the need for robust preventive strategies. This study advances the field by deve...
Romance Scam Research Center (RSRC)
1100 W Cherry St
Vermillion, SD 57069
USA
AI-generated summaries and research notes may contain errors or omissions. Please follow the DOI/source link and review the original publication before relying on this content.
