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Reported case

Widower pays £85,000 to woman who didn't exist in romance scam

www.eadt.co.ukEnglishObserved 2024-09-11
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.

How to read this record

Own Leistonwidower85000GBP sentnonexistentwoman/publicsetfundraiserandthanks. Fundraisercreation notactualmoneyreturned orfullcompensation; widowhood preexistingnotcauseddeath, clippedrebuildtailnotfilled/clinicalcause.

Evidence basis: saved title description

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.

Current source qualifications

These attributed statements apply to their specified subjects and scope. They do not establish guilt, a whole-article denial, or an unstated outcome.

source specific current qualifications

field
desc
reason
Own Leistonwidower85000GBP sentnonexistentwoman/publicsetfundraiserandthanks. Fundraisercreation notactualmoneyreturned orfullcompensation; widowhood preexistingnotcauseddeath, clippedrebuildtailnotfilled/clinicalcause.
subject
Sep09_unit_24
reported outcome
own_source_limits
is entire code dimension denial
false
Source statement flags
source truth verified
false

Reported developments

These attributed statements apply to their specified subjects and scope. They do not establish guilt, a whole-article denial, or an unstated outcome.

development assertions

role
reported_development
basis
explicit
field
development
scope
article
value
reported_loss
reason
Coarse article-level tag from contextual coding. Consult the coding record for stage, actor, allegation and mixed-fraud scope. Source claims are neither independently verified nor additive.
Source statement flagsNo listed value
Current annotation provenance

The base reviewed revision is preserved. Current source bindings and approved qualifications are attached for this release.

base version key
45f379dff6ae5719899eca5ec888f890825fa9c92dc2221377a6990ebba99bfc
current source binding
input hash
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decision id
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document id
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hash domain
sha256-json-sortkeys-utf8-compact-v1
enrichment id
76aa2bb10f4ceccc6bc89f225b02975e6e9cd54381e2e801d1b5d09d9916a6ac
finding evidence sha256
230de9c58380cc0b2c258c0196e200e08013ddcca675a52151f95c7758903fbd
enrichment payload sha256
d43b8152b041fa3c39a4ba2ae770d6e5c81daa84df697e2b6c3e1b493375538c
approved delta ids
No listed value
provenance
Item 1
json pointer
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artifact sha256
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annotation key
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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.

Financial and property harm

unspecifiedreported occurrenceStage: completed
Interpretation details
Scope
single case
Person or institution described
targeted person
Link to romance fraud
explicit
Causal claim
not established

Relationship-based deception

fabricated relationshipallegationStage: completed
Interpretation details
Scope
single case
Person or institution described
alleged offender
Link to romance fraud
explicit
Causal claim
not established

Prior circumstances and claimed vulnerability

bereavementreported occurrenceStage: completed
Interpretation details
Scope
single case
Person or institution described
targeted person
Link to romance fraud
explicit
Causal claim
not established

Help, reporting and prevention

practical supportreported occurrenceStage: completed
Interpretation details
Scope
single case
Person or institution described
support provider
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 lifeinsufficient context
Financial and property harmreported in available text
Suicide and self-harmnot reported in available text
Family and social harmnot reported in available text
Protection or recovery of assetsinsufficient context
Policy and regulatory responsenot reported in available text
Justice proceedings and outcomesnot reported in available text
Coercion and exploitationnot reported in available text
Psychological distressinsufficient context
Blackmail and extortionnot reported in available text
Help, reporting and preventionreported in available text
Physical or sexual harmnot reported in available text
Investment pretextnot reported in available text
Technical facilitationinsufficient context
Investigation and operational responsenot reported in available text
Organization and division of labornot reported in available text
Relationship-based deceptionreported in available text
Involvement in other offendingnot reported in available text
Continued or renewed targetingnot reported in available text
Prior circumstances and claimed vulnerabilityreported 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.

No direct connection is recorded. This does not establish that the story is unique.

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: 3f945f6ac6245efab914638d81a04bde8645e3b3f86a90f5680dab177f577ce7
Decision: c0b8f893cc2877bbaa3494bf8caf3439263e0318c249b1261ce643cf2e460dbd
Base reviewed revision: 45f379dff6ae5719899eca5ec888f890825fa9c92dc2221377a6990ebba99bfc

The local research archive retains source hashes, quoted evidence and review records. This collection does not redistribute full publisher articles.