The online dating romance scam: The psychological impact on victims - both financial and non-financial
The online dating romance scam: The psychological impact on victims - both financial and non-financial
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DOI：
10.1177/1748895815603773
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发表时间：
2016-04-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Buchanan, Tom
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作者：
Whitty, Monica T.;Buchanan, Tom
这篇文章考察了网络约会爱情骗局的心理影响。与其他大众营销诈骗受害者不同，这些受害者经历了诈骗的双重打击：经济损失和失去一段关系。对于大多数人来说，失去这段关系比他们的经济损失更令人沮丧(许多人将失去这段关系描述为死亡)。一些人将他们的经历描述为创伤，所有人都受到了犯罪的负面影响。由于缺乏家人和朋友的理解，大多数受害者没有找到应对的方法。否认(例如，不接受诈骗是真实的或无法将假身份与罪犯分开)被认为是一种无效的应对手段，使受害者容易受到第二波诈骗的影响。对如何改变执法政策以处理这一犯罪行为提出了建议。
This article examines the psychological impact of the online dating romance scam. Unlike other mass-marketing fraud victims, these victims experienced a double hit' of the scam: a financial loss and the loss of a relationship. For most, the loss of the relationship was more upsetting than their financial losses (many described the loss of the relationship as a death'). Some described their experience as traumatic and all were affected negatively by the crime. Most victims had not found ways to cope given the lack of understanding from family and friends. Denial (e.g. not accepting the scam was real or not being able to separate the fake identity with the criminal) was identified as an ineffective means of coping, leaving the victim vulnerable to a second wave of the scam. Suggestions are made as to how to change policy with regards to law enforcement to deal with this crime.