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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.
| Observation month | Matching URLs | All included URLs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2025 | 252 | 252 | 100.0% |
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Italian article combines online-romance fraud explanation/prevention with dating-user statistics. The headline’s one-in-two claim lacks supporting fraud-denominator evidence in the saved description and is not coded as a verified prevalence result.
Research & trendsTinderSwindlersguide explicitly criminalintimatedeception/lovebombing/catfish/blackmail for cash/privateinformation. Generaladvice notindependentcase evidence, noactualsexualblackmail without ownqualifier.
Prevention & supportPolice seek romance-scam suspect allegedly duping victims275000. Separate Canada945 targets/50million/53000mean figures are a different aggregate, not this case sum, independently verified prevalence or inferred report year. Wanted status not arrest. Own description explicitly reports aggregate Canada losses; code attributed multiple-case financial harm without reallocating all50million to275000suspect or filling incident year.
Reported caseWoman reports nearly1million romance loss, preventionfeature. Relative upcomingValentineFriday not actual event year, no name/country/medical diagnosis from source title.
Reported caseRemsMurrman2300000EURLove-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 caseMixedcryptofraudbillionsplusRomancerole/trustdiscussion. MixedtotalnotRomance-onlyloss; cryptoassetsnotexplicittransfer/investmentmechanism. Same-agent contextual correction: General explanatory/research method claim is commentary, not an actual individual occurrence or an expressly delivered warning.
Prevention & supportBCSOmoneyrequestprecaution, notactualpayment.
Prevention & supportShirakawa50s woman18million and false celebrity SNS message; relative November not assigned a calendar year.
Reported caseNational Canadian945/50million/53k mean romance aggregate separate from275k wanted case. Do not add measures or confuse allegations with actual arrest.
Reported caseOwn source preventive warning/guide or announced activity. Potential harm not actual new target loss; warnings, dates, tips and planned/held events do not establish participation/effectiveness. Specific financial/intimacy/platform methods only coded where own available text states them.
Prevention & supportOwn source preventive warning/guide or announced activity. Potential harm not actual new target loss; warnings, dates, tips and planned/held events do not establish participation/effectiveness. Specific financial/intimacy/platform methods only coded where own available text states them.
Prevention & supportOwn source preventive warning/guide or announced activity. Potential harm not actual new target loss; warnings, dates, tips and planned/held events do not establish participation/effectiveness. Specific financial/intimacy/platform methods only coded where own available text states them.
Prevention & supportHangzhou43Zhao false military lover250万; December2024 late-month literal retained. Warning about repeated reported cases not every case same target/operator. Current geographic correction: Hangzhou anti-fraud centre location supports jurisdiction, not an explicitly located residence for Zhao.
Reported caseOwn source preventive warning/guide or announced activity. Potential harm not actual new target loss; warnings, dates, tips and planned/held events do not establish participation/effectiveness. Specific financial/intimacy/platform methods only coded where own available text states them.
Prevention & supportOwn source preventive warning/guide or announced activity. Potential harm not actual new target loss; warnings, dates, tips and planned/held events do not establish participation/effectiveness. Specific financial/intimacy/platform methods only coded where own available text states them.
Prevention & supportMarishaWallace60k dating-app financial scam and quoted worst mistake. Source distress/stigma sparse; genuine actor not offender. Clinical harm or endorsed victim blame not inferred.
Reported caseOwn source preventive warning/guide or announced activity. Potential harm not actual new target loss; warnings, dates, tips and planned/held events do not establish participation/effectiveness. Specific financial/intimacy/platform methods only coded where own available text states them.
Prevention & supportSchwandorf39male2500 false love source report; unknown actual identity/platform.
Reported caseOwn source preventive warning/guide or announced activity. Potential harm not actual new target loss; warnings, dates, tips and planned/held events do not establish participation/effectiveness. Specific financial/intimacy/platform methods only coded where own available text states them.
Prevention & supportNational Canadian945/50million/53k mean romance aggregate separate from275k wanted case. Do not add measures or confuse allegations with actual arrest.
Reported caseTarbes absentia conviction source-romantic fraud against ex-partner/chequebook theft. Original body inaccessible; fabricated-intimacy versus ordinary partner abuse remains qualified, no deeper facts borrowed.
Reported caseNational Canadian945/50million/53k mean romance aggregate separate from275k wanted case. Do not add measures or confuse allegations with actual arrest.
Reported caseOwn source preventive warning/guide or announced activity. Potential harm not actual new target loss; warnings, dates, tips and planned/held events do not establish participation/effectiveness. Specific financial/intimacy/platform methods only coded where own available text states them.
Prevention & support