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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | 73 | 73 | 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 caseA Trapani report describes an online romantic-fraud organization extracting money, including cryptocurrency. The text does not establish how many people were arrested or any victim loss total. The generic word for extracting money does not describe an explicit threat, so extortion is withheld.
Reported caseTinderSwindlersguide explicitly criminalintimatedeception/lovebombing/catfish/blackmail for cash/privateinformation. Generaladvice notindependentcase evidence, noactualsexualblackmail without ownqualifier.
Prevention & supportReportedJiaxing/Weihai marriage-matchmakerpropertybrokernetwork usesemotionalmanipulation to getdatespurchasingoverpricedproperty. Purchasevaluationdifferencefinancialexploitationnotcompletedhousingloss/crypto/clinicalinjury, arrangedintimacyfinancialpurpose not everylegitimatebroker fraudulent.
Reported case70 pensioner fakeHelenSkelton140000GBP Romance loss. Celebrityimpersonationnotactualactoroffender, headlineage/financialloss notmerged69Kenyanlady/14.5mKES withoutperson-casebridge.
Reported caseWoman prosecuted forfake-romanticfinancialdeception ofthreeelders, generalisolation/affection context. Prosecutionnotconviction, threeallegedtargetsnotindependentlyverifiedlosses orclinicalconditions; noexactpaidamount/guiltfilled.
Reported caseLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseVerona third hearing in ten-yearfakegirlfriend case namedAndreaScolari/Angelica manipulatedphoto/SIM; repeatedhomevisits and money/phone requests. Requestsnot netpaidamount/actualsentence, namedrolesnotindependentlyprovedidentity orAI-generation fromeditedphoto.
Reported caseJi65Taichung fakeHKpilot onlineRomance andconveniencestore/police persuade preventpointcardpurchase. Proposed/attemptedpurchase notalreadypaidgiftcardloss, claimedHongKongpilotnotactualoperatorcountry. LastOctoberwithoutstatedyear notconvertedfromURL. Ownpolice/cvs persuadedsupport only; clippedversion lacks explicitcash/giftcardinterception unlikeG12. Keepassetcontextunknown, no strongerbodyborrowed.
Prevention & supportJi65Taichung fakeHKpilot onlineRomance andconveniencestore/police persuade preventpointcardpurchase. Proposed/attemptedpurchase notalreadypaidgiftcardloss, claimedHongKongpilotnotactualoperatorcountry. LastOctoberwithoutstatedyear notconvertedfromURL. Practicalsupport explicitheadline; desc onlyreporter/Ji65/native-lure truncation, no phraseborrowed.
Prevention & supportLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseTaichungLin20Tantan purportedmalemodelromanticmeeting→50000NTD threatkillfamily, noATMcard/asks mother/policeintercept. Requestedcash notpaidloss, extortionthreat notactualhomicide/sexualassault/forcedcriminalwork orprooffakephotopersona.
Reported caseLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseMission500000cryptoscam senior plus anotherseniorRomancetargetlastweek. Differentcases,500000notautomaticallyRomancevictimloss oractualpaidcrypto/exactcurrencyfilledfrompublisher.
Reported caseBritish69male14.5mKESloss attributedKenyanladyRomance headline. Citizenship/personasnotactualvictimresidence/offenderoperation, headlinedevastatednotdiagnosis orsourceindependentlyverified, differentUK70Helen140k withoutbridge.
Reported caseLinkou/NewTaipei gaydatingbait fakeinvestment: Zhang31courierarrest/90000USDT~2940000NTD phoneasset, upstreamDu familythreecashcollectors. Same-sex datingeligiblebyfinanciallure, not gender; seizedassetvalue nottargetnetloss/returnedfunds, familyoperationalrolesnotallconvicted. Own2025yearFebruarycase noexactdayfilled.
Reported caseMalaysian six-type onlinefraud/love scams/e-commerce/loans/e-finance/telecom/falseinvestments quarterlygrowth1.6–19.8percent and~500–600millionMYR total sourcevariants. NeitherallRomance losses nor oneuniformtypegrowth; denomination/count/headlineapproximation andsameBernama/TheStar reporting notindependentstudies. Ownheadlineearly2025 hasno amount; six-typegrowth narrative no numericfinancialloss, do notborrow600m fromothercopy.
Research & trendsAll24 themes/country/date roles assessed. Own headline website seizure and>4.5m fraud aggregate remain attributed, not victim-specific net loss, paid refund, all Romance-only or independent unique cases. Secondary substantial distribution text is partial, no full Yahoo article read. Financial-intimacy purpose comes from exact matched work, not pig label alone; no narrative facts/172405.61/domain/crypto route copied into own codes. US in service name/Americans not automatic victim residence/operator-country. Web-domain action differs Ohio8.2m wallet forfeiture; no added amounts, court outcome or normalized dates from publication.13 failed/short DailyVoice records not automatically included or whole-body checked; source/old U snapshots preserved.
mixed_financial_contextFBI8.2millionseizure tiedpig/datingRomance headline. Assetseizednotvictimloss/fundsreturned/perpetratorarrest; mostsignificant claim not comparativeverifiedranking. No actualcryptopayment/clinicalcondition/conviction inferred. Current qualification: Current own April reporting retained; separate original DOJ source distinguishes8,207,578USDT seizure November2024, February27,2025 civil complaint,33identified~4.9m and5unidentified accounts~1.071086m from total seizure/additional proceeds. Refund conditional on forfeiture, not paid return or newApril seizure. Later partial official fiscal release separately says same8.2m forfeited May2025; not copied into earlier publisher knowledge or a newGDELT record. Technical-vendor criminal-label conflict stays qualified as official civil procedure. No court-file inspection, every33target intimate mechanism or global blockchain tracing independently verified.
Reported caseLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched. Ownarrest worddetenida in description, not Guardiaconfirmscaseheadline; retain exactsourcefield.
Reported caseLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
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