TY - JOUR
T1 - The online romance scam
T2 - a serious cybercrime
AU - Whitty, Monica T.
AU - Buchanan, Tom
PY - 2012/3/12
Y1 - 2012/3/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858385828&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1089/cyber.2011.0352
DO - 10.1089/cyber.2011.0352
M3 - Article
C2 - 22304401
AN - SCOPUS:84858385828
SN - 2152-2715
VL - 15
SP - 181
EP - 183
JO - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
JF - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
IS - 3
ER -
