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| Observation month | Matching URLs | All included URLs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 244 | 244 | 100.0% |
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The report describes a fake Brad Pitt persona, €830,000 and divorce. Edited photos are established, but generation by AI is not.
Reported caseTinderSwindlersguide explicitly criminalintimatedeception/lovebombing/catfish/blackmail for cash/privateinformation. Generaladvice notindependentcase evidence, noactualsexualblackmail without ownqualifier.
Prevention & supportRemsMurrman2300000EURLove-scammingloss reportedAalenpolice. Sourceage/type/offendercountryunknown, noindependentverification orrecoveredfunds.
Reported caseSupremeCourtMaiWatanabe26Ririchan appealrejected,8y6m sentencebecomesfinal.150mprofit frommaleaffection plusRomancemanual, allegations/legaloutcomes sourceattributed; prisonlengthnotyearsactuallyserved/recoveredmoney. Maleaffectionexploitationdoesnotexplicitlyestablishfabricatedrelationship. Own contextual reread supports Rt:d with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Reported caseAnne830000falseBradPittcontestsTF1portrayalandnaivety. Quotedchallengedframingnotresearcherendorsement; noAIformatfromothercopies.
Reported caseOwn Mihara570万 caption agency-name deception/overseas-return woman; reported interview not actual police complaint.
Reported caseNYPDdatingapp/siteValentinewarning, noactualcaseamountorpersonalharm.
Prevention & supportAnne daughter news, hospital after wanting suicide headline supports reported suicidal thoughts/intent, not attempt or death. January12/oneweek later no explicit year; audio/video unheard.
Reported caseFrenchwoman830k/$855k andmockery/AIheadline; no clinicalcondition or methodbeyondclaimedAI.
Reported casePsychological-profile commentary rejects naive stereotype; source framing not clinical consequence or measured causal result.
CommentaryTaiwanweek24.5億 allfraud vsfalse-datinginvestment124万 percase. Do notallocate total toRomance; source emotionaleditorial notclinicalharm.
Research & trendsMihara70male570万 interview/regret and purported agency overseas-return woman. No own named UN/doctor persona or clinical injury.
Reported caseHKU31question police-designed questionnaire11romanceinvestmentquestions/requiredfacilityentry reported.60students60m isallfraud total; institutionalpolicy not passed national law, source requirement attributed.
Prevention & supportKochi2024 combinedSNS investment/romance6.5億 warning, not romance-only amount or personal loss.
Research & trendsFranceAnne actual savings loss and separate Rosario fakeNZactor requestingmoney, prospective secondcase not actual paid loss. NZpersona not operator country.
Reported caseBrouteur commentary psychological weaknesses as extraction mechanism; not reported individual clinical harm or measurable susceptibility.
CommentaryAnneVarois all money lost to brouteur and prevention guide; no specific persona borrowed or normalized annual victim count.
Prevention & supportWest Africa regional characterisation of profit-seeking brouteurs, no coordinated network established solely by plural scammers/country region.
CommentaryWest Africa regional characterisation of profit-seeking brouteurs, no coordinated network established solely by plural scammers/country region.
CommentaryAnneVarois all money lost to brouteur and prevention guide; no specific persona borrowed or normalized annual victim count.
Prevention & supportTolerance boilerplate/profilecomplexityheadline, no underlyingarticleclinicalharm/financialloss borrowedfromGraniercopies.
CommentaryWest Africa regional characterisation of profit-seeking brouteurs, no coordinated network established solely by plural scammers/country region.
CommentaryFrenchwoman830k/$855k andmockery/AIheadline; no clinicalcondition or methodbeyondclaimedAI.
Reported caseFTC2023 romance reports64k/>1b reported aggregate, emotional toll in general. Reports not unique people/cases; no new enforcement.
Prevention & supportFrench53 false Brad830k and prevention guide; no implied mental diagnosis.
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