Source

The Scammers Persuasive Techniques Model: Development of a Stage Model to Explain the Online Dating Romance Scam

Peer-reviewed mechanism source Whitty, M.T., British Journal of Criminology, 53(4), 665-684

Claim this source supports

“Grooming follows a deliberate staged persuasion sequence rather than incidental conversation”

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