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| Observation month | Matching URLs | All included URLs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2024 | 81 | 81 | 100.0% |
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TinderSwindlersguide explicitly criminalintimatedeception/lovebombing/catfish/blackmail for cash/privateinformation. Generaladvice notindependentcase evidence, noactualsexualblackmail without ownqualifier.
Prevention & supportOwn serialwoman takesmoneyfromlovelornmen/neighbours/colleagues overdecades. MixedtargetsnotallRomance-onlyverifiedvictims orcoordinatednetwork, questionstoppednotactualarrest, noprecisename/year.
Reported caseOwn touristareaRomance/datingapp safetywarning. Qualitativerise notownmeasuredfinding/denominator or actualtargetloss, nooperatorcountry/persona/publicwarningefficacy inferred.
Prevention & supportOwn widow20900MYR late-husband inherited savings loss/source syndicate. Prior husband death not fraud-caused harm, no crypto/cash route or exact event year from last week.
Reported caseOwn widow20900MYR late-husband savings loss/TikTok lover. Prior death not scam death; rounded20000headline separate exact amount, no route/clinical harm.
Reported caseOwn Mary Tinder colonel requests payment for briefcase delivery, headline AI dating deception. Requested money not actual own loss or delivered cash, AI attribution not technical proof/copy-wide code. No forged document/sexual abuse or target clinical condition.
Reported caseOwn Australian grandmother alleged attempted drug transport, future Japan court/trial. Source-association not compulsory work or independent guilt; future appearance not completed trial/conviction, no named Donna identity borrowed.
Reported caseOwn Baibai28/streamer tipping allegation220wan title victim loss versus description illegal proceeds; distinct scopes kept. Hot-volcano filial fans is ridicule label, not literal family roles; uncovering not explicit arrest. No false chat mechanics copied from another URL.
Reported caseOwn Donna Nelson daughters allege romance-linked drug transport, explicit charges and planned Japan trial. Prior loneliness/vulnerability is not post-scam clinical harm; drug mule not money mule, forced work or independent innocence. Preserve stronger later conviction/appeal and unknown financial loss.
Reported caseOwn Sibu30s woman86841MYR love loss/Tinder and Korean man account. Claimed or reported nationality not proven fake persona/actual operator country; June yearless. Own financial route unknown, no clinical or investment details from another copy.
Reported caseOwn Sibu woman86841MYR loss with alleged Korean persona. Rounded85000 headline retained beside exact figure; claimed nationality not confirmed false identity or country role. Tinder/route/age not borrowed.
Reported caseOwn Patrick Akpoguma28 mixed-offence allegation includes identity theft; rejected174m bribe is not victim loss or actual payment. Confession clip is not guilty plea, crypto fraud is not each target crypto transfer; rituals/cultism not homicide or bodily harm.
Related mentionOwn Patrick Akpoguma28 mixed identity theft/crypto/romance allegations and explicit arrest heading. Rejected174m offer is not completed payment or target loss, neither ritual injury nor crypto-transfer mechanism. No conviction or court plea.
Related mentionOwn Kaohsiung women/children police online-dating warning describes students as at risk. Audience and attributed targeting concern are not actual child victims, sexual harm or clinical cause; no measured warning benefit.
Prevention & supportOwn Sibu30s private worker86841MYR/Tinder and reported complaint after June meeting promise. Claimed Korean man not operator nationality, June/Thursday yearless; no route or false-persona mechanism borrowed.
Reported caseOwn Dear Annie alleged online romance-scammer/celebrity nonmeeting excuse. Letter/advice remains attributed, not independently verified offender/paid amount or explicit false celebrity identity. No clinical or source-body details borrowed.
Prevention & supportOwn Patrick Akpoguma mixed identity theft/crypto/romance confession.500K wealth is not target loss, internet/crypto-fraud labels not each actual transfer mechanism or guilty court plea.
Related mentionOwn online-dating-scams warning headline only; no actual loss, country/actor profile, policy or measured benefit.
Prevention & supportOwn Chen/Baibai streamers false dating/tips, estimated100 targets and four approved custody orders. Estimate not unique verified victims; detention is not explicit arrest/charge/conviction. Paid tips unspecified route, no stolen portrait facts from fuller copies.
Reported caseOwn Kaohsiung police/player awareness programme and false-dating-investment6.34percent category; ordinary investment67.51percent loss/sex-service category separate. No all totals romance/unique targets or measured effect, October no year.
Related mentionOwn Raymond McDonald51 current latest/several sentences for fraud/romance, dating app context. Speculative hundreds not actual new victim count; no new imposed term or dated proceeding, named identity not false persona evidence.
Reported caseOwn New Taipei target dating-app streamer/tipping repeated escalated demands and police investigate proxy group. Emotional blackmail wording not explicit threats/sextortion/forced work; police five-route action not automatically completed raid or arrest. Sugar-daddy/dupe labels reporter ridicule, not researcher blame.
Reported caseOwn75-year-old widow/widower AU1million loss under mining-heiress future promise. Conflicting gender wording preserved, persona not real heiress/nationality. Prior widowhood not fraud death, no crypto/cash route or organized-network confirmation.
Reported caseOwn online-dating false-feeling criminals seek money/tips. PR genre and source warning retained; no actual individual paid loss, clinical diagnosis or measured benefit.
Prevention & supportOwn Suzuka50s woman2115man cash/romance investment matching-app case. Police announcement not by itself investigation,14th yearless; no false identity or male1090man same-city bridge.
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