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| Observation month | Matching URLs | All included URLs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 264 | 591 | 44.7% |
| Feb 2025 | 554 | 1,629 | 34.0% |
| Mar 2025 | 141 | 561 | 25.1% |
| Apr 2025 | 116 | 390 | 29.7% |
| May 2025 | 193 | 398 | 48.5% |
| Jun 2025 | 53 | 209 | 25.4% |
| Jul 2025 | 151 | 522 | 28.9% |
| Aug 2025 | 129 | 447 | 28.9% |
| Sep 2025 | 164 | 613 | 26.8% |
| Oct 2025 | 201 | 483 | 41.6% |
| Nov 2025 | 164 | 392 | 41.8% |
| Dec 2025 | 124 | 333 | 37.2% |
| Jan 2026 | 67 | 530 | 12.6% |
| Feb 2026 | 224 | 1,106 | 20.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 90 | 360 | 25.0% |
| Apr 2026 | 145 | 491 | 29.5% |
| May 2026 | 200 | 785 | 25.5% |
| Jun 2026 | 121 | 842 | 14.4% |
| Jul 2026 | 191 | 1,143 | 16.7% |
| Aug 2026 | 224 | 640 | 35.0% |
| Sep 2026 | 139 | 638 | 21.8% |
| Oct 2026 | 6 | 30 | 20.0% |
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Meldpunt nonfiction programme description about psychological manipulation and money extracted through online dating. Hundreds annually attributed source estimate, not verified national incidence or watched episodes.
Prevention & supportKyoto Sakyo38 dating-app acquaintance offered joint investing; police investigate romance fraud and about 28000000 JPY crypto loss. Own designation supports context, not actual named woman/operator identity or conviction.
Reported caseOtsu52 company manager lost about 93000000 JPY cryptocurrency through SNS romance/investment story. Occupation not employer-fund theft; last December without stated year not converted from observation.
Reported caseCharles Uchenna Nwadavid $2.5 million romance-fraud allegations, charge/arrest variants. Faces twenty or forty years refers potential maximum, not imposed/served sentence; no conviction inferred. Nigerian residence and UK departure not victim country or whole-network operating jurisdiction.
Reported caseCayuga Sheriff specific romance warning, dating/social media and false romantic identities. Claimed increase/regular complaints not quantified independent incidence. No arrest or paid-loss figure.
Prevention & supportTanzi Lin76 isolated elder asked for 200000 NTD hospital-medicine funds by claimed Hong Kong woman and planned home sale. Land agent, tenant and police prevented sale. Requested cash and attempted property disposal distinct, no homelessness/completed loss/actual Hong Kong offender or doctor diagnosis.
Reported caseAlessandro Ghinamo39 Cuneo 2019 suicide attributed to romantic honey trap by Nola pair with fake girl profiles. Coroner causality not independently verified; trial/prosecution not conviction, legal-threat extortion not actual arrest of victim. Monthly payments no amount.
Reported caseKaohsiung Shi74 fake LINE girlfriend PaoFuJiang emotional grooming then gold-investment transfer; 100000 NTD stopped. Prior repeated scam exposure not proven three identical incidents/known prior total; reprimand by police quoted only in ETtoday own text.
Reported caseOklahoma charges: victims believed they were sending money to an online male romantic partner. Actual transfers supported in own description; male persona does not establish scammer gender. Charges not conviction or exact individual net loss. Plural targets, not one known victim case.
Reported caseKaohsiung Shi74 fake LINE girlfriend PaoFuJiang emotional grooming then gold-investment transfer; 100000 NTD stopped. Prior repeated scam exposure not proven three identical incidents/known prior total; reprimand by police quoted only in ETtoday own text. Own explicit shock/disappointment, despair or upset-title expression supports attributed distress without diagnosis or clinical causation.
Reported caseFargo Rodney Richter civil federal complaint April8 says first romance victim and warned by FBI to stop fraudulent checks. Civil suit not criminal conviction, no exact victim loss or knowing participation adjudicated; check scheme not enough alone to prove bank-account-use subtype. Current source-specific layer: Corporate and facilitated losses are not Richter personal losses; attempted checks differ from completed loss. Subject disputes allegations. Claimed romance identity is not authenticated. No criminal conviction or permanent license revocation; external commission document remains separate. Current qualification: One-page commission search text authorizes investigation and broker-requested temporary inactivity, with possible reactivation. This is not permanent revocation or criminal guilt; allegations/contested civil complaint remain separate and requested injunction is not granted. Corporate/check losses not personal romantic loss.
Reported caseChanghua single mothers XiaoHua/XiaoMei are pseudonyms; Facebook fake military orthopedic-doctor boyfriends/family travel pretext led to bank-account disclosures. Court found emotion-fraud victimization and acquitted, not knowingly convicted mules. Other family account disclosures do not prove material loss. Court heard the matter, supported trial/hearing stage. Exact reported acquittal remains narrative, never coded as conviction; no new acquittal subtype invented. Source whole-body open failed, saved own metadata supports outcome.
Reported caseBobrisky/Idris Okuneye reports $990 romance loss on Instagram; Nigerian socialite identity attributed to article, not independently verified. No operator nationality, clinical diagnosis or cryptocurrency inferred. Own elapsed months/foreign claimed residence remain persona details.
Reported caseOta Gunma woman62 lost 4800000 JPY to SNS romance deception by claimed Korean male. Source own trust/romantic feelings support grooming; Korean persona not actual operating country, no crypto/investment inferred.
Reported caseYokote60s male SNS romance cash5502500JPY. Own police announcement relative4th not full calendar date; no cryptocurrency or physical diagnosis from loss amount.
Reported caseTwo single mothers Deng and Zhong contacted purported foreign military doctors on Facebook, family-and-retirement promises and parcel pretext. Used as fraud tools and judgment mentioned; clipped own source does not establish actual conviction/acquittal or knowing intent.
Reported caseOta Gunma woman62 lost 4800000 JPY to SNS romance deception by claimed Korean male. Source own trust/romantic feelings support grooming; Korean persona not actual operating country, no crypto/investment inferred.
Reported caseAskingEric letter concerns son paying older online woman and proposed Brazil trip. Suspected romance scam, not verified deception/loss; trip not completed and Brazil travel/persona not established offender location. Cash sent does not by itself establish scam net loss.
CommentaryBanqiaoWu bank withdrawal1280000NTD to purported Vietnamese girlfriend calling him husband intercepted by bank/police. Planned payment not completed loss, personaVietnam not actual perpetrator country.
Reported caseSam/Austin thought he found love online and lost80000 in fake gold investment. Financial-romantic link explicit in programme metadata, no recording listened. OnlyFans lawsuit/vacuum are unrelated; no host loss or actual synthetic-media fraud.
Related mentionSam/Austin thought he found love online and lost80000 in fake gold investment. Financial-romantic link explicit in programme metadata, no recording listened. OnlyFans lawsuit/vacuum are unrelated; no host loss or actual synthetic-media fraud.
Related mentionOwn Gate headline suspected SNS romance: Oita60 male12290000JPY cigar resale. Split from different40male6590000 case sharing publisher boilerplate. Specific source headline supports investment pretext; not actual crypto or clinical harm.
Reported caseOita60 male allegedly lost12290000JPY to SNS romance-investment cigar resale offer. Commodity pretext not actual debt, employer theft, homelessness or crypto transfer.
Reported caseDating-app scam avoidance guide with specific tactics and protection context. Generic warning not actual incident/loss or demonstrated efficacy.
Prevention & supportYonago50 male romance crypto-investment offer and1230000JPY loss. Offer does not establish original payment was cryptocurrency or actual operator identity; relative3rd not calendar-filled.
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