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“Why did I fall for it?” Exploring internet fraud susceptibility in the pig butchering scam

Xie, Ziyi; Duan, Zhizhuang (2024) — Security Journal

Type: Journal Article Country: China Tags: victim experience, platform policy, prevention

Pig butchering scam, known also as Sha Zhu Pan or 杀猪盘, represents a contemporary form of online fraud that initially targeted Asian victims. With the expansion of Southeast Asian fraud networks, the scheme has achieve...

A new type of victim? Profiling survivors of modern slavery in the online scam industry in Southeast Asia

Franceschini, Ivan; Li, Ling; Hu, Yige; Bo, Mark (2024) — Trends in Organized Crime

Type: Journal Article

This catalog entry examines the emergence within the online scam economy in Southeast Asia of a particular victim group—survivors of modern slavery who become entwined with organized illicit networks. It surveys how thes...

A Quantitative Analysis on the Sentencing Disparity in Online Romance Scam Cases in United States: A Focal Concern Theory Perspective

Wang, Fangzhou (2024) — Crime & Delinquency

Type: Journal Article Country: United States Tags: victim experience, AI misuse, cross-cultural

This piece examines A Quantitative Analysis on the Sentencing Disparity in Online Romance Scam Cases in United States: A Focal Concern Theory Perspective within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communicat...

A Sinister Fattening: Dissecting the Tales of Pig Butchering and Other Cryptocurrency Scams

Ordekian, Marilyne; Papasavva, Antonis; Mariconti, Enrico; Vasek, Marie (2024) — 2024 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)

Type: Proceedings Article Country: United Kingdom

This catalog entry surveys pig butchering scams within cryptocurrency ecosystems and related fraud schemes as discussed at the 2024 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime). The focus is a broad examination o...

An Explorative Study of Pig Butchering Scams

Acharya, Bhupendra; Holz, Thorsten (2024) — arXiv (Cornell University)

Type: Journal Article Country: Global Tags: pig-butchering, romance scams, investment fraud, social engineering, cryptocurrency scams, online scams, abuse reports, scam lifecycle, victim experience, law enforcement, platform policy, AI misuse, prevention, measurement, data collection

This piece examines An Explorative Study of Pig Butchering Scams within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literature, describes how offenders cu...

Analysis of "Pig-Butchering Scam" Type of Network Fraud from the Legal Perspective

Fu, Zhenglang (2024) — Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media

Type: Journal Article Country: China Tags: victim experience, AI misuse

This paper examines pig-butchering scams (Sha Zhu Pan) from a legal perspective, focusing on their causes, operation, challenges for China’s legal system, and possible countermeasures. Pig-butchering scams are distinguis...

Are fraud victims nothing more than animals? Critiquing the propagation of “pig butchering” (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘)

Whittaker, Jack M.; Lazarus, Suleman; Corcoran, Taidgh (2024) — Journal of Economic Criminology

Type: Journal Article Country: United Kingdom

The article explores the growing phenomenon of romance scams as a particularly harmful form of cybercrime that exploits emotional vulnerability for financial gain. The authors position romance scams within the wider land...

Beyond Dollars: Unveiling the Deeper Layers of Online Romance Scams Introducing “Body Scam”

Amirkhani, Sima; Alizadeh, Fatemeh; Randall, Dave; Stevens, Gunnar (2024) — Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Type: Proceedings Article Country: Germany

This piece examines Beyond Dollars: Unveiling the Deeper Layers of Online Romance Scams Introducing “Body Scam” within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documente...

Catfishing – jako przejaw przestępstwa kradzieży tożsamości

Gądzik, Zuzanna (2024) — Krytyka Prawa

Type: Journal Article Country: Poland

This piece examines Catfishing as a manifestation of the crime of identity theft within the broader context of online fraud and mediated communication. It outlines common patterns documented in the literature, describes...

Catfishing, Is it Unregulated Crime in Indonesia?

Shaqilla, Nikita; Reda, Yahia (2024) — Neoclassical Legal Review: Journal of Law and Contemporary Issues

Type: Journal Article Country: Indonesia Tags: AI misuse, prevention, cross-cultural

Catfishing is presented as a form of international cybercrime, yet it lacks a clear definition within Indonesia’s national legal framework. The practice involves using false identities on the internet and can be treated...

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