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A Perfect Scam

www.tvguide.co.ukEnglishObserved 2025-09-22
Included for relevance; source claims are not independently verified. This record is based on saved titles and descriptions unless a separate deeper-reading assessment is explicitly shown. Observation dates are not incident dates. An arrest or charge is not a conviction.

Story groups for this report

Contextual research groupings, not verified case membership.

How to read this record

A Perfect Scam documentaryGoldBarScamlistingdescribes anonline-romancefraudclaiming88victims. Retain mediawork/topic/digitalcontext,not88verifieduniquevictims,identifiedoffenderor moneyamount. Differentairtimesnotdifferentcasesorcrimeactdates.

Places in the available evidence

No geographic role could be established from the available text.

Unlisted locations remain unknown. Nationality, language and web address alone do not establish where a scam happened.

Themes reported in the text

These labels describe the available reporting. “Not reported” does not mean a harm did not happen. A theme's stage applies to that statement, not every claim in the article.

Technical facilitation

platform communicationgeneral warningStage: not applicable
Interpretation details
Scope
general
Person or institution described
alleged offender
Link to romance fraud
explicit
Causal claim
not established
All 24 assessed themes
ThemeAssessment
Blame, stigma and responsibility framingnot reported in available text
Homicide and lethal violencenot reported in available text
Disruption of daily lifenot reported in available text
Financial and property harminsufficient context
Suicide and self-harmnot reported in available text
Family and social harmnot reported in available text
Protection or recovery of assetsnot reported in available text
Policy and regulatory responsenot reported in available text
Justice proceedings and outcomesinsufficient context
Coercion and exploitationnot reported in available text
Psychological distressnot reported in available text
Blackmail and extortionnot reported in available text
Help, reporting and preventionnot reported in available text
Physical or sexual harmnot reported in available text
Investment pretextnot reported in available text
Technical facilitationreported in available text
Investigation and operational responsenot reported in available text
Organization and division of labornot reported in available text
Relationship-based deceptionnot reported in available text
Involvement in other offendingnot reported in available text
Continued or renewed targetingnot reported in available text
Prior circumstances and claimed vulnerabilitynot reported in available text
Institutional barriers or harmful responsenot reported in available text
Moving money for a schemenot reported in available text

Connected reporting

Only direct reviewed connections are shown. Shared wording is weaker evidence than a supported case connection. A connection through a third article does not establish that two reports concern the same case.

Shared wording

A Perfect Scam

Exact series/episode7/GoldBar/88-target synopsis supports rebroadcast work. Source number not independently confirmed incidents or new victims per airing.

Shared wording

A Perfect Scam

Exactseriesseason1episode7GoldBar/88-target synopsis identifiesJulyairingssamealreadyreviewedDecemberSeptemberwork. Airtime notnewincident/date/count, noadditionalstatisticalresearchfromprogrammegenre. DifferentSouthCarolina/Indianaepisodesdistinct.

Shared wording

A Perfect Scam

Same named episode/Season1Episode7/88victims synopsis across two broadcast times. One listed documentary work; airtimes are not scam dates, neither88victims verified nor two new events. Separate from South Carolina episode.

Shared wording

A Perfect Scam

Exactseriesseason1episode7GoldBar/88-target synopsis identifiesJulyairingssamealreadyreviewedDecemberSeptemberwork. Airtime notnewincident/date/count, noadditionalstatisticalresearchfromprogrammegenre. DifferentSouthCarolina/Indianaepisodesdistinct.

Research provenance

1 saved revision. Corrections preserve earlier versions.

A page can change after it first appears. Observation dates record when its URL was seen; they do not prove that the wording assessed here was present on every date.

Record: 297d1964615a8b4803a80aa9eb96b3f68fd1bc3adc964cd3a5421149760498bf
Decision: d073697df0796d3b4549c42e9f238936910ae6d59e5d04cd8bd98b2bc6489963
Current revision: 190182d3bd8ab5968c49d542e3aa51a52bc4f66aca764bab532735396f275bad

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