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The state to be catfished the most is...

kosi101.comEnglishObserved 2024-09-04
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

Own Emisil-attributed California nearly200mUSD/year phony Romance-scam reported loss/ranking. Own unspecified annual period/denominators retained, not independent incidence or clinical/prevention finding.

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

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Own Emisil-attributed California nearly200mUSD/year phony Romance-scam reported loss/ranking. Own unspecified annual period/denominators retained, not independent incidence or clinical/prevention finding.
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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

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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

development assertions

role
reported_development
basis
explicit
field
development
scope
article
value
research_statistics
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.

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current source binding
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decision id
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document id
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hash domain
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enrichment id
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finding evidence sha256
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enrichment payload sha256
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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
multiple cases
Person or institution described
targeted person
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 harmreported in available text
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 outcomesnot reported in available text
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 facilitationinsufficient context
Investigation and operational responsenot reported in available text
Organization and division of labornot reported in available text
Relationship-based deceptioninsufficient context
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

Study finds California the most ‘catfished’ state in the U.S.

Rare Californiaannualnear200m/mostcatfished study profile supports bounded reportwork, Emisilonly348 notborrowed364. Unknownperiod/sample/denominator not independentpopulationrisk or clinical/preventionfinding; genericrank352 andChineseaudio361 possibleonly.

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: 5f24ba4773f9259be5852dc42a3b0a3a4452ce929aafe1e1a36a504888faeca5
Decision: a37828900f98e3953f10c0b555a6e93c3ef1e921d0cd93000f195bc924af1146
Base reviewed revision: d5b47255b14588a27df98113155c109b98e4cec0b7464b0f9054b615d702257d

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