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| Observation month | Matching URLs | All included URLs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2024 | 25 | 25 | 100.0% |
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TinderSwindlersguide explicitly criminalintimatedeception/lovebombing/catfish/blackmail for cash/privateinformation. Generaladvice notindependentcase evidence, noactualsexualblackmail without ownqualifier.
Prevention & supportOwn Ashikaga43male415mancash/policeinvestigationSNSRomance. No persona/investment, yearfromfirstdayorobservation.
Reported caseOwn Fukuokateacher42m onlineRomance repeatedheading. Noage/marriage/US/investment fromothersource.
Reported caseOwn Hakodate70male2781man/police investigation. Own desc sayscash but amount clipped; title supports amount independently, financial route not cryptocurrency.
Reported caseOwn Tainan Ye46 courier claims Romance victimization and attempted60wan cash withdrawal/transfer of Feng ordinary investment/recovery-fraud proceeds. Feng156wan loss/repeat scam belongs separate nonRomance subcase. Source money-courier role not proof knowing guilt/forced work; claimed crypto purchase not completed crypto transfer, seizure not refund.
Reported caseOwn Tainan Ye46 courier claims Romance victimization and attempted60wan cash withdrawal/transfer of Feng ordinary investment/recovery-fraud proceeds. Feng156wan loss/repeat scam belongs separate nonRomance subcase. Source money-courier role not proof knowing guilt/forced work; claimed crypto purchase not completed crypto transfer, seizure not refund.
Reported caseOwn Meyersdalemale>=17000USD/statepolicewarning. NotScotslecturer17Kfemale byamount; method/route/personaunknown.
Reported caseOwn Limassol76 woman145000EUR lost/reported/police investigating, title UN persona. No completed actor identity/country, route or full emptied-account detail from clipped text.
Reported caseOwn79AlfredMancinelli falseAlexaBliss nearly1mretirementsavings/NYTattributedwork. Namesourceonlyowncopy, noindependent uniquetarget verification/clinicalharm/transferroute.
Reported caseOwn Fukuoka50s teacher4200man tentativeRomance source. NoUSpersona/marriage/investment/SNS borrowed from longer Mainichi source.
Reported caseOwn Englishyoungwoman falseLord fiance/tens-thousands debt discoveredtwoweeks beforewedding. No completedmarriage/housingloss/eventday/actorresidence inferred.
Reported caseOwn Pahang/Kuantan woman alleges >260KMYR social-media Love Scam syndicate/foreign man. Route, name, actual nationality and operation country unknown; mere foreign-man acquaintance is not explicit impersonation.
Reported caseOwn XinmiZhengzhou ZhoufalseLi girlfriend-app/numeroussuspects520/80devices/2mfrozen, reportedtens-thousands lossJune2024. Suspectsnotvictims/guilty, frozennotreturned; nosexualinjury/AI/everyvictimscope.
Reported caseOwn StLouiswoman indictment/currentUS courtappearance, allegedRomanceassistance/mortgage/pandemic frauds. NotallmortgagelossRomance/targethousingharm/knowinglylaundered; Wednesdayunknownyear.
Reported caseOwn AgricultureBank Putian interception of online-romance fraud. No paid amount, victim age, refund or actual bank-account transfer described.
Prevention & supportOwn StLouiswoman indicted aidingRomance and separatepandemic/mortgagefrauds. Aidingrole unspecified notautomaticallylaundering, genuine mortgageoffence notromantic-target housingharm or ownloss.
Reported caseOwn Urawa bank/SevenEleven intercepted special and Romance fraud. Title500K friend-shopping incident not allocated Romance personal loss or actual paid/refunded money.
Prevention & supportOwn unnamed79malefalseAlexaBliss online romance/1millionsavings. Portrait realwrestlernotguiltyactor, noAlfrednameborrow/clinicalharm/paymentroute.
Reported caseOwn PudongChangshaMrDeng15wancashwithdrawal/refusedpolicecalls andRomanceinterceptionheadline. Interceptclaimnotpaidloss/refund; personalreluctancenotinstitutionalrefusal.
Prevention & supportOwn Shunan80female6807manRomance/SNS affection. No Vietnamese operator, UN/Syria persona, crypto, route or reported investigation borrowed.
Reported caseOwn Rumoi-region60male9000mancashSNSclaimedJapanesewoman/investment/affection andinvestigation. RegionnotnecessarilyRumoi city residence, claimednationality notoperator.
Reported caseOwn womansreport>260KMYR/socialmediaforeignman/syndicate, no Kuantanvictimresidencefromdateline alone orfalsepersona inferred.
Reported caseOwn Meiwa50sfemale cash+crypto mixed1316manSNSaffinity/claimedforeignmale. No allcrypto or allcash amount, investment or nationality-as-operation.
Reported caseOwn woman>260KMYR LoveScam/claimedbusinessman lover. Disappointment idiom not clinical distress, no onlineplatform/bodypersona beyondown source.
Reported caseOwn Nikkei headingRomancealsoserious and investment-onlyJanSept2024 70.34billionJPY/5092cases/4.7x/1381manaverage/67.4%50–70. Mixed context, no assign investment figures toRomance harm/countrytargeting/offender mechanism. Source attributed agencymeasure with unequal special-fraud2014annual comparison.
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