Online romance scams represent a growing global phenomenon. This study investigates a corpus of authentic messages of this type written in English, focusing on their structural, discursive, and linguistic features.

The analysis shows that errors of judgment are exploited by scammers in order to lead victims to an inability to recognize an attempted fraud, despite the signs present in the message. The data obtained may contribute to the development and production of guidelines to be circulated widely, especially on sensitive sites online (e.g. dating sites), to help end-users to become more knowledgeable about adversarial fraudulent strategies.

中文翻译：

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Lovextortion：浪漫网络犯罪中的说服策略

在线恋情骗局代表了日益增长的全球现象。这项研究调查了用英语编写的这类真实消息的语料库，重点是其结构，话语和语言特征。

分析表明，诈骗者利用判断错误，以使受害人无法识别企图欺诈，尽管邮件中出现了迹象。所获得的数据可能有助于制定和制定广泛传播的指南，尤其是在在线敏感站点（例如，约会站点）上传播，以帮助最终用户对对抗性欺诈策略更加了解。