This article investigates the contributing factors (or triggers) to a realization of romance fraud victimization, based on 1015 reports lodged with Scamwatch (Australian online reporting portal for fraud) between July 2018 and July 2019 (inclusive). The article examines the free text narrative of each report to propose five discernible trigger categories: further requests for money; characteristics of communications; verification checks; an offender's action(s); and being told by a third party.

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“我知道这是一个骗局”：了解识别浪漫欺诈的触发因素

本文基于 2018 年 7 月至 2019 年 7 月（含）期间向 Scamwatch（澳大利亚在线欺诈报告门户）提交的 1015 份报告，调查了导致爱情欺诈受害的影响因素（或触发因素）。文章审查了每份报告的自由文本叙述，提出了五个可辨别的触发类别：进一步要求资金；通讯特性；验证检查；罪犯的行为；并由第三方告知。