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Online Romance in the 21st Century: Deceptive Online Dating, Catfishing, Romance Scams, and “Mail Order” Marriages

Online Romance in the 21st Century: Deceptive Online Dating, Catfishing, Romance Scams, and “Mail Order” Marriages

Renee D. Lamphere, Kweilin T. Lucas
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522585350|ISBN10: 1522585354|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522585367|EISBN13: 9781522585374
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8535-0.ch025
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Lamphere, Renee D., and Kweilin T. Lucas. "Online Romance in the 21st Century: Deceptive Online Dating, Catfishing, Romance Scams, and “Mail Order” Marriages." Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online, edited by Innocent E. Chiluwa and Sergei A. Samoilenko, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 475-488. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8535-0.ch025

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Lamphere, R. D. & Lucas, K. T. (2019). Online Romance in the 21st Century: Deceptive Online Dating, Catfishing, Romance Scams, and “Mail Order” Marriages. In I. Chiluwa & S. Samoilenko (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online (pp. 475-488). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8535-0.ch025

Chicago

Lamphere, Renee D., and Kweilin T. Lucas. "Online Romance in the 21st Century: Deceptive Online Dating, Catfishing, Romance Scams, and “Mail Order” Marriages." In Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online, edited by Innocent E. Chiluwa and Sergei A. Samoilenko, 475-488. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8535-0.ch025

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Abstract

The rapid advancement of technology has changed the dating world for millions of people. While dating scams are not a new phenomenon to the online dating community, a new form of scam known as “catfishing” is also taking place. Catfishing is the verb used to describe the actions of a “catfish,” a person who creates falsified online profiles on social networking sites with the purpose of fraudulently seducing someone else. In addition to talking about online dating scams and catfishing, this chapter will also examine “mail order” marriages and the potential impact of this practice.

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