CRIM 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Romance Scam, Online Dating Service, Regression Analysis
21 Feb 2018
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It was estimated that as many as 230,000 victims in great britain had fallen victim to the scam between 2007 and 2011. The uk"s serious organized crime agency identi ed romance scam victims with. Of the 592 victims identi ed the uk fraud reporting centre (action fraud), 203 had lost over 5,000. Many online dating sites use personality pro les, to match users (providing scammers with a psychological pro le of suitable victims). Many lonely victims nd it easier to express themselves via the internet, as opposed to in person. Victims of online dating scams do seem to subscribe to the notion of love at rst sight, love conquers all , and all that good stu (buchanan & whitty, 2013). Victims were more likely to have strong romantic beliefs through binary logistics regression analysis. How the scam works, act ii, scene 3. Relationship may last for a few weeks, months, or even years.
