This paper presents a theory which attempts to explain the success of romance scams as a 'two-layer scam', related first to establishing a faked relationship by addressing strong personal romantic emotions, and second to building spurious reasons to request significant monetary payments. DecemWhen Katherine Dunn’s novel Geek Love became Sonny Mehta’s first purchase as editor-in-chief at Knopf, she became famous in the literary world, at the age of forty-three. Personal love stories are important for the success of a relationship, and we assert in this paper that these love stories play an important role in the development of romance scam relationships and support the scammer's eventual demand for financial funds from the victim.

The personal love story is the individual's view of the idealized perfect relationship, and as such it impacts on the selection of a partner in the initiation stages of a partnership, and endures through the development of the relationship until its eventual termination. development of normal romantic relationships, and these emotions are related to personal experiences of the individual which are accumulated in so-called 'personal love stories'. We reflected on the notion that strong emotions play an important role in the. Geek Love, written by Katherine Dunn, is a novel about the Binewski family, a family that is not exactly normal: each of the children were created. Geek Love: A Novel Paperback Jby Katherine Dunn (Author) 3,243 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 9.11 6 Used from 9.11 7 Collectible from 54.01 Paperback 18.00 118 Used from 1.49 26 New from 12.00 4 Collectible from 19. This paper argues that the success of this scam technique is based on a strategy, similar to that in the Nigerian Letter scam, in which scammers invoke strong emotions in the recipients. Online Romance scams are very successful unethical practices which cause considerable financial and emotional damage to their victims.

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