Fraud as Legitimate Retribution for Colonial Injustice: Neutralization Techniques in Interviews with Police and Online Romance Fraud Offenders
Lazarus, S.; Hughes, M.; Button, M.; Garba, KH. (2025) — Deviant Behavior
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
This catalog-style study investigates the rhetorical framing surrounding fraud as a form of legitimate retribution for colonial injustice. The analysis situates online romance fraud and related encounters with law enforc...
Love, Lies, and Larceny: One Hundred Convicted Case Files of Cybercriminals with Eighty Involving Online Romance Fraud
Soares, AB.; Lazarus, S.; Button, M. (2025) — Deviant Behavior
Type: Journal Article
Country: Nigeria
This article analyzes 100 convicted cybercrime case files prosecuted by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, with 80 cases involving online romance fraud. Many offenders engaged in multiple offenses, inclu...
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...
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...
Examining fifty cases of convicted online romance fraud offenders
Soares, AB.; Lazarus, S. (2024) — Criminal Justice Studies
Type: Journal Article
Country: Nigeria
Examining fifty cases of convicted online romance fraud offenders, presented in a catalog‑style format, offers a descriptive survey rather than a test of hypotheses. The work compiles anonymized case records drawn from o...
Cheques or dating scams? Online fraud themes in hip-hop songs across popular music apps
Lazarus, S; Olaigbe, O; Adeduntan, A; Dibiana, ET; Okolorie, GU (2023) — Journal of Economic Criminology
Type: Journal Article
Country: United Kingdom
This article surveys representations of online fraud in hip-hop as they appear in widely used music apps. It examines how themes of online deception, particularly those involving cheques and dating scams, are depicted in...
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...
