The Frames of Romance Scamming

This paper studies love fraud or romance scamming as scripted communication within a commercial transaction frame. The main participants are the seller (fraudster), buyer (victim), goods (long-term romantic relationship), and money (paid by the victim). The data for this study were collected from 53...

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Published in:Research in language 2024-12, Vol.22 (1), p.1-23
Main Author: Faber, Pamela
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