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
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Arizona ranks 5th highest in losses to romance scams
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Story groups for this report
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How to read this record
Arizona47m2022–2023aggregate plusgeneraltext/emailtrustwarning. Financialhistoricalscope differentgeneralmechanism.
Dates in the available evidence
- 2022 · incident · year Source-reported Arizona aggregate start year
- 2023 · incident · year Source-reported Arizona aggregate end year
Places in the available evidence
Victim location: United States
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.
Help, reporting and prevention
warninggeneral warningStage: not applicable
Interpretation details
- Scope
- general
- Person or institution described
- unspecified
- Link to romance fraud
- explicit
- Causal claim
- not established
Relationship-based deception
trust manipulationgeneral warningStage: not applicable
Interpretation details
- Scope
- general
- Person or institution described
- alleged offender
- Link to romance fraud
- explicit
- Causal claim
- not established
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
| Theme | Assessment |
|---|---|
| Blame, stigma and responsibility framing | not reported in available text |
| Homicide and lethal violence | not reported in available text |
| Disruption of daily life | not reported in available text |
| Financial and property harm | reported in available text |
| Suicide and self-harm | not reported in available text |
| Family and social harm | not reported in available text |
| Protection or recovery of assets | insufficient context |
| Policy and regulatory response | not reported in available text |
| Justice proceedings and outcomes | not reported in available text |
| Coercion and exploitation | not reported in available text |
| Psychological distress | insufficient context |
| Blackmail and extortion | not reported in available text |
| Help, reporting and prevention | reported in available text |
| Physical or sexual harm | not reported in available text |
| Investment pretext | not reported in available text |
| Technical facilitation | reported in available text |
| Investigation and operational response | not reported in available text |
| Organization and division of labor | not reported in available text |
| Relationship-based deception | reported in available text |
| Involvement in other offending | not reported in available text |
| Continued or renewed targeting | not reported in available text |
| Prior circumstances and claimed vulnerability | not reported in available text |
| Institutional barriers or harmful response | not reported in available text |
| Moving money for a scheme | not 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.
Arizona ranks 5th highest in losses to romance scams
Own Arizona47m/FBI2022–2023/rank5 and rare syndicated-report opening match earlier reviewed work. Preview captions do not gain missing full-body amounts; no summed losses or new2025 incident date.
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