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Whitty, Monica T. and Buchanan, Tom (2012) The online romance scam : a serious cybercrime. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 15 (3). pp. 181-183. doi:10.1089/cyber.2011.0352 ISSN 2152-2715.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2011.0352
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 sites then defraud their victims of large sums of money. This paper presents some descriptive statistics about knowledge and victimization of the online dating romance scam in Great Britain. Our study found that despite its newness, an estimated 230,000 British citizens may have fallen victim to this crime. We conclude that there needs to be some rethinking about providing avenues for victims to report the crime or at least making them more comfortable when doing so.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Internet fraud, Online dating, Single men -- crimes against, Single women -- crimes against, Single people -- crimes against | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking | ||||||
Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert | ||||||
ISSN: | 2152-2715 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 October 2012 | ||||||
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Volume: | 15 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 181-183 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1089/cyber.2011.0352 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 December 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 December 2016 | ||||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||
Grant number: | ES/H036571/1 |
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