Data from The GDELT Project · Reviewed and interpreted by RSRC
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A URL counts once per month and can appear in several months or themes. Themes describe the current record assessment; months show URL observations, not when events or each claim first appeared. Warnings, allegations and reported experiences are all included when coded. Partial months, collection gaps and changes in sources affect both measures. A higher share does not establish a higher risk to victims.
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A prevention item, warning or educational event discusses romantic deception. Seasonal or growth claims in brief metadata are attributed and do not establish incidence or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportA warning, advice item or prevention notice discusses romantic deception. Brief claims of growth, vulnerability or comparative ranking are attributed and do not establish a measured population rate or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportA warning, advice item or prevention notice discusses romantic deception. Brief claims of growth, vulnerability or comparative ranking are attributed and do not establish a measured population rate or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA warning, advice item or prevention notice discusses romantic deception. Brief claims of growth, vulnerability or comparative ranking are attributed and do not establish a measured population rate or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportA warning, educational notice or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. The excerpt does not independently establish seasonal incidence or prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportA warning, advice item or prevention notice discusses romantic deception. Brief claims of growth, vulnerability or comparative ranking are attributed and do not establish a measured population rate or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportA warning, educational notice or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. The excerpt does not independently establish seasonal incidence or prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA prevention item, warning or educational event discusses romantic deception. Seasonal or growth claims in brief metadata are attributed and do not establish incidence or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA warning, advice item or prevention notice discusses romantic deception. Brief claims of growth, vulnerability or comparative ranking are attributed and do not establish a measured population rate or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportAdvice cites over 250 people and $9.6m lost to online scams in 2025. The broader online-scam total cannot be assigned wholly to romance fraud.
Prevention & supportA warning, educational notice or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. The excerpt does not independently establish seasonal incidence or prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportBBB advice warns about romance victims being induced to launder money. This is a general risk description, not a conviction of a particular victim.
Prevention & supportPeruvian police and specialists warn about romantic deception through dating apps. The excerpt supplies no denominator for the asserted growth.
Prevention & supportA warning, advice item or prevention notice discusses romantic deception. Brief claims of growth, vulnerability or comparative ranking are attributed and do not establish a measured population rate or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA bank explains false online identities used to gain trust and offers warning signs. It is guidance rather than an effectiveness evaluation.
Prevention & supportA warning, educational notice or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. The excerpt does not independently establish seasonal incidence or prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportBBB advice warns that romance-scam involvement may lead to charges. The excerpt does not specify the conduct, so no laundering or other-offending subtype is inferred.
Prevention & supportBBB advice describes dating-app trust followed by false trading platforms. Mention of cryptocurrency schemes does not establish a completed crypto transfer.
Prevention & supportA warning, advice item or prevention notice discusses romantic deception. Brief claims of growth, vulnerability or comparative ranking are attributed and do not establish a measured population rate or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportFBI advice cites $20m in Virginia romance-scam losses in 2025. Recorded financial losses are not a count of all victims.
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