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The electronic Spanish prisoner: romance frauds on the internet

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The electronic Spanish prisoner: romance frauds on the internet. / Gillespie, Alisdair Allan.
In: Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 81, No. 3, 30.06.2017, p. 217-231.

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Harvard

Gillespie, AA 2017, 'The electronic Spanish prisoner: romance frauds on the internet', Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 217-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018317702803

APA

Gillespie, A. A. (2017). The electronic Spanish prisoner: romance frauds on the internet. Journal of Criminal Law, 81(3), 217-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018317702803

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Gillespie AA. The electronic Spanish prisoner: romance frauds on the internet. Journal of Criminal Law. 2017 Jun 30;81(3):217-231. Epub 2017 Jun 6. doi: 10.1177/0022018317702803

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Gillespie, Alisdair Allan. / The electronic Spanish prisoner : romance frauds on the internet. In: Journal of Criminal Law. 2017 ; Vol. 81, No. 3. pp. 217-231.

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