Lunchtime conference by Julie Carpentier, Charles Viau-Quesnel, Audrey Potz.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
In Zoom only.
Every year, thousands of individuals are affected by online romance fraud (OLF), which occurs when a fraudster displays a false sense of attachment to his or her victim in order to extract money or services. We will present the results of an initial Quebec study of adult victims of FAL recruited during the pandemic. Qualitative interviews were conducted and analyzed to document the experience of fraud, its consequences, barriers to reporting and victims' needs for formal and informal support. The results highlight the sophistication of fraudsters in entrapping their victims, the impunity that characterizes this type of crime, and the difficulty for victims in finding help to meet their needs. The conference will conclude with the launch of our FAL awareness comic book.
Julie Carpentier, Ph.D. holds a doctorate in criminology from the Université de Montréal. She has been a professor in the psycho-education department at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières since 2009. Her research interests include sexual violence, paraphilias and, more recently, online romance fraud. She is a regular researcher at the Centre international de criminologie comparée (CICC) and at the INPL Philippe-Pinel research center.
Charles Viau-Quesnel Charles Viau-Quesnel holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Université Laval and a post-doctorate in cognitive sciences from UQTR. He has been a professor in UQTR's psychoeducation department since 2014. His research interests focus on elderly populations, including interviewing techniques for elderly victims, victims of online love fraud and abuse. Her work is funded by the FRQSC, the Quebec Ministry of Justice, Justice Canada and the Quebec Network for Research on Aging.
PhD candidate in psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Fonds de recherche Société et culture
Audrey Potz is a doctoral student in research psychology at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. In collaboration with the École Nationale de Police du Québec, her thesis focuses on the emotional and interpersonal factors involved in preventing psychological distress among child sexual exploitation investigators. A second research interest is online romance fraud. The needs of victims and interveners, and the stratagems used by fraudsters, are themes addressed in this project.
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