This study seeks to understand romance scam from the offenders' perspective and how they
rationalize their motivations, opportunities and abilities towards the commission of the crime …

Online romance fraud (ORF) is a growing concern with such serious negative consequences
as financial loss or suicide to the victim. Majority of empirical studies on online romance …

Romance scams represent a form of online crime with origins in the physical world,
including FTF and physical mail scams. Although these crimes have been revolutionized by …

Abstract The Online Romance Scam is a very successful scam which causes considerable
financial and emotional damage to its victims. It is based on building a relationship which …

Online romance fraud is a form of cybercrime that has pervasive consequence on both
individuals and organizations. As against previous studies that predominantly focus on male …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain in-depth understandings of the stages involved
in the case of a romance scam victim who was unknowingly used as a drug mule. The work …

We aimed to identify the critical insights from empirical peer-reviewed studies on online
romance fraud published between 2000 and 2021 through a systematic literature review …

Romance scams involve cybercriminals engineering a romantic relationship on online
dating platforms for monetary gain. It is a cruel form of cybercrime whereby victims are left …

Online Romance scams are very successful unethical practices which cause considerable
financial and emotional damage to their victims. This paper argues that the success of this …

Qualitative research on the experiences of victims of online dating romance scams is limited.
Following a phenomenological framework, this study explores victims' accounts of …