Love bytes: improving romance fraud prevention

Marc Kydd; Lynsay Shepherd; Graham Johnson; Andrea Szymkowiak

Love bytes: improving romance fraud prevention

Marc Kydd^*
, Lynsay Shepherd
, Graham Johnson
, Andrea Szymkowiak

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Cybersecurity and Computing

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Abstract

Romance fraud has substantially increased over the past decade. Traditional preventative and support measures have struggled to keep up with this form of cybercrime, suggesting a more personalised prevention approach is needed.

Original language	English
Pages	28-29
Number of pages	2
Volume	Winter 2024
No.	18
Specialist publication	CREST Security Review
Publisher	Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2024

Keywords

Romance fraud
Romance scam
Online dating
Cybercrime
Human-computer interaction

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Straight to the heart of the matter: towards effective means of combatting romance fraud
Kydd, M., Shepherd, L. A., Szymkowiak, A. & Johnson, G. I., 13 Jul 2023. 1 p.
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Love bytes: improving romance fraud prevention

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Straight to the heart of the matter: towards effective means of combatting romance fraud

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