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

www.yahoo.comEnglishObserved 2024-09-02
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 studyCalifornia nearly200mUSDannualRomancescamreportedloss/ranking. Not independentincidence/populationrisk/clinicalcause ordayyearfilled, fishdefinitionirrelevant.

Evidence basis: saved title description

Places in the available evidence

Victim location: United States

Basis: place_mapping
Scope: article
Reason: Contextually reviewed geographic role with exact source evidence. Nationality, language and URL suffix do not establish location.

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 studyCalifornia nearly200mUSDannualRomancescamreportedloss/ranking. Not independentincidence/populationrisk/clinicalcause ordayyearfilled, fishdefinitionirrelevant.
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Sep02_unit_83
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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scope
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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

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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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enrichment payload sha256
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approved delta ids
No listed value
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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 distressinsufficient context
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 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

The state to be catfished the most is...

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: 857af24452825aa05441109404ea86425d0183e55df8c4d8aa19aca72fc84341
Decision: 97ba8e690833222b2e65ebbda77f4f5a7e786f62f1a93d591235a7f41784509b
Base reviewed revision: 134b2e3f647482c417ec1bb5878457b8626afcdb07a7cc77906a8df051b9f3b7

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