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| Observation month | Matching URLs | All included URLs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | 251 | 251 | 100.0% |
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TinderSwindlersguide explicitly criminalintimatedeception/lovebombing/catfish/blackmail for cash/privateinformation. Generaladvice notindependentcase evidence, noactualsexualblackmail without ownqualifier.
Prevention & supportOwn ministry eight matchmaking-group visits, remediation/training and fraud warning. Suspected groups not convicted offenders; oversight is not new legislation, measured benefit or actual new target.
Prevention & supportOwn dating-platform financial Romance prevention title only; no case, amount, technology subtype beyond platform or efficacy.
Prevention & supportOwn IASCfive-day5700mixedcomplaints/4000accountsclosed/30percentfundssaved. Reported operational findings notallRomance victims/independentcausality;30percentnotfullrefund oruniquevictimcount.
Related mentionOwn Kampen69male Kristina fake marriage promise/nearly1.7m and35female5yr4mo sentence. No actualformalmarriage/documentfraud/refund/diagnosis.
Reported caseOwn Usuki1053manRomance forex proposition andyearlessOctober/Novemberclip. No crypto-route/ageborrowed.
Reported caseOwn sparseChristmasromanticfraudwarning title, noactualcase/mechanism/paymentorefficacy.
Prevention & supportOwn holidaywebinar loneliness/generosity targeting warning. Qualitative seasonalrise not empiricalincidence or preventiveeffect; recording notwatched.
Prevention & supportOwn Usuki50male1053man Romance titleonly; genericpublisherboilerplate notpaidroute/foreignexchange/persona. Preserve allegedcaseuncertainty.
Reported caseOwn sparseChristmasromanticfraudwarning title, noactualcase/mechanism/paymentorefficacy.
Prevention & supportOwn2024-12-07EastKowloon elderlyanti-fraud simulatedgames includeonlineRomance. Realeducationalinitiative notactualvictimcrime orverifiedeffect; no law/policy.
Prevention & supportOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn35Utrechtfemale withothersdatingfraud1.7m vulnerableman/over5yearsentence. Possessionsdepleted notspecifichousingloss/clinicaldiagnosis orcashroute.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn fake ideal-partner/red-thread money-recharge/transfer tests and520alleged dating-fraud arrests. Requests described generally, not all completedloss or convictedguilt/unique victims; no actual paid denominator.
Reported caseOwn Rian trickedintoworkasLoveScammer nearThailand-Myanmarborder andreturnedhome. Source allegedcoercedoperation, notromanticmoneytarget; returnnotextradition, no paidloss/physicalinjury/traffickingguilt.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
Reported caseOwn elderlyNSW50K Romance loss and family/bank conflict with continued payments.162URLidentities one exactcontext, not independentcases/body readings. Source bank refusal not independently proved legal/medicalcapacity or allbanks misconduct; no companyname merelyfromURL.
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