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Compare And Contrast Whitty And Buchanan

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Whitty and Buchanan examine data from the representative sample of adults in the UK about online romance scam. This scam works in the way that usually scammer contacts victim and establishes a strong contact and online relationship with them around 6-8 month, next scammer askes money by creating an emergency situation and demonstration of immediate need for money that can be from £50 to £800,000 (page 181). Researchers analyzed data that they acquired from nearly 2028 British adult above 18 years old (902 men and 1126 women). They were asking questions like: have you heard about online romance scam? Where had you heard about it? Have you or anyone you know ever been a victim of the online romance scam? Study had two objections, to learn about
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