We examine a new form of online fraud, which we refer to as Intimacy Manipulated Fraud
Industrialization (IMFI). This type of fraud bears a strong resemblance to traditional online …

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 …

Cyberspace has become an alternative medium for experiencing new and creative romantic
endeavors with few spatio-temporal limits. E-love networks have proliferated since the mid …

Abstract The Online Dating Romance Scam is a relatively new form of online fraud. This
article draws from three qualitative studies: an analysis of posts from a public online support …

Internet chat rooms have introduced unprecedented dynamics into marital relationships:
never in history has it been so easy to enjoy both the stability of marriage and the thrills of …

12 “I created my own account and sent him a friend request. He denied it. I asked him to
change his relationship status to married or at least that he was in a relationship. He refused …

With the advent of the internet, romance fraud–or instances wherein individuals use fake
identities and sham romantic relationships to defraud others–has moved online. Victims of …

Abstract The Online Romance Scam is a relatively new form of fraud that became apparent
in about 2008. In this crime, criminals pretend to initiate a relationship through online dating …

Purpose This paper aims to examine predictors (personality, belief systems, expertise and
response time) of detecting online romance scams. Design/methodology/approach The …

For consumers the increasingly widespread consumer-grade connected (“smart”) devices;
growing use of cloud-storage and globally still expanding use of Internet and mobile …