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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 352 | 591 | 59.6% |
| Feb 2025 | 489 | 1,629 | 30.0% |
| Mar 2025 | 209 | 561 | 37.3% |
| Apr 2025 | 162 | 390 | 41.5% |
| May 2025 | 232 | 398 | 58.3% |
| Jun 2025 | 86 | 209 | 41.1% |
| Jul 2025 | 272 | 522 | 52.1% |
| Aug 2025 | 253 | 447 | 56.6% |
| Sep 2025 | 273 | 613 | 44.5% |
| Oct 2025 | 251 | 483 | 52.0% |
| Nov 2025 | 174 | 392 | 44.4% |
| Dec 2025 | 200 | 333 | 60.1% |
| Jan 2026 | 222 | 530 | 41.9% |
| Feb 2026 | 447 | 1,106 | 40.4% |
| Mar 2026 | 175 | 360 | 48.6% |
| Apr 2026 | 239 | 491 | 48.7% |
| May 2026 | 171 | 785 | 21.8% |
| Jun 2026 | 214 | 842 | 25.4% |
| Jul 2026 | 469 | 1,143 | 41.0% |
| Aug 2026 | 319 | 640 | 49.8% |
| Sep 2026 | 373 | 638 | 58.5% |
| Oct 2026 | 17 | 30 | 56.7% |
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The Italian title reports 26,000 euros sent to a fictitious chat girlfriend created using AI. Its description separately recalls a British woman’s Brad-Pitt impersonation case. Do not combine those victims or count a completed AI mechanism for both.
Reported caseHachinohe police explicitly report SNS romance fraud: man in his sixties, matching-app contact, Line communication and crypto-investment transfers worth approximately 1.055 million yen. Trading-app profits are apparent, not established returns.
Reported caseA Qingshui man intended to cash an insurance policy for 200,000 to help a foreign online romantic contact come to Taiwan. Police contacted his brother and prevented the apparent romance trap. This is attempted extraction and family-assisted interception, not a completed loss.
Reported casePolice report mixed special/SNS-investment/romance fraud totals above 300 million yen in December and approximately 1.575 billion in 2025 to the 24th. These are mixed provisional totals, not romance-only losses.
Research & trendsNasushiobara reports concern a 25-year-old man’s approximately 3.88-million-yen SNS romance-fraud loss, with cash and electronic-money components. The richer description reports a complaint/investigation, but those actions are not assigned to the shorter variant unless explicitly retained.
Reported caseKeelung police statistics explicitly include fake-dating investment fraud among mixed scam types. The woman’s shopping/jade example is not a romance-fraud case; the 207 reports and 64.65 million total remain mixed-fraud figures.
Related mentionMatsumoto and Iida police describe three victims under a combined SNS-investment/romance category with cash/crypto losses. Keep separate amounts/people and mixed classification; no individual romance mechanism asserted beyond the broad category.
Reported caseOta police describe two distinct targets under the broad SNS investment/romance category: a 47-year-old female music teacher and a 29-year-old male employee. Retain broad classification and separate victims; the amounts are not independent romance-only aggregate measures.
Reported caseFTC-based reporting describes all-fraud losses among older adults rising from $600 million to $2.4 billion and includes romance/investment scams. The totals are all-fraud; do not attribute them entirely to romance scams or infer individual case counts.
Research & trendsKeelung police statistics explicitly include fake-dating investment fraud among mixed scam types. The woman’s shopping/jade example is not a romance-fraud case; the 207 reports and 64.65 million total remain mixed-fraud figures.
Related mentionThe headline alleges $8 million romance fraud; the description identifies Frederick Kumi/Abu Trica, Lord Eshun and Bernard Aidoo appearing and being remanded by the Gbese District Court. This is a court/detention development, not conviction or sentencing.
Reported caseNasushiobara reports concern a 25-year-old man’s approximately 3.88-million-yen SNS romance-fraud loss, with cash and electronic-money components. The richer description reports a complaint/investigation, but those actions are not assigned to the shorter variant unless explicitly retained.
Reported caseA model is accused of dating scams with false promises and financial harm. The saved metadata names no model or location; do not automatically merge with the named Adva Lavie report.
Reported caseA Qingdao marriage-fraud account describes bride-price payment, blocking, emotional distress, children’s recognition and police investigation; source claims remain attributed.
Reported caseFrederick Kumi/Abu Trica appeared at Gbese District Court in Accra on December 23, 2025 after arrest for alleged $8-million romance fraud targeting elderly Americans. Extradition is prospective in the headline, not completed; no conviction is established.
Reported caseA video-report page describes Abu Trica’s first Ghana court appearance over an alleged $8-million romance scam. A video headline is searchable source coverage, not evidence that footage was watched or a conviction occurred.
Reported caseSparse Japanese headline reports an Inashiki man’s SNS romance-fraud loss of approximately 9.87 million yen. Retain the headline-only limitation; no additional mechanism or incident date inferred.
Reported caseThe description reports a Greek woman losing EUR60,000 in a Turkey romance scam involving someone posing as Murat from Lebanon. Claimed Lebanese identity is not proof of perpetrator origin.
Reported caseThe title identifies relationship-plus-investment fraud and the description reports an Otsu man’s 9.4-million-yen loss after a purported Taiwanese woman introduced crypto trading via Line. Her nationality is a claimed persona; no Taiwan operation location inferred. Month/day dates lack an explicit year and are not completed from observation time.
Reported caseOtsu police report a 38-year-old man’s approximately 9.4-million-yen crypto loss to a purported Taiwanese woman; explicitly SNS romance fraud. Claimed nationality does not establish the operation’s location. Candidate recurrence with Chinese Otsu reports remains subject to source comparison.
Reported caseFukuoka police report a 60-year-old man’s approximately 14-million-yen SNS romance-fraud loss. Description includes outlet boilerplate; no additional outcome inferred.
Reported caseChinese coverage identifies the Otsu 38-year-old’s claimed Taiwanese-woman romance/crypto deception and 1.88-million-Taiwan-dollar equivalent loss. Candidate cross-language association requires contextual comparison; Taiwan is the persona claim, not the operation location.
Reported caseFukui police report a man in his sixties losing 1 million yen cash and crypto valued at 16.74 million following online false investment offers. Romance fraud is the reported investigative classification; preserve the qualification rather than assert verified case facts. The richer variant mentions an analyst persona and friendship invitation.
Reported caseToyama police report a man in his forties losing 8,504,240 yen in SNS romance fraud following a Korean-woman investment contact. The persona’s stated nationality is not a verified location or nationality.
Reported caseFrench reporting names 24-year-old student Amadou Diallo, arrested and referred on December 19, 2025; the headline alleges impersonating a well-known TikToker and extracting over 3 million FCFA from an emigrant. Currency and agency abbreviation alone do not locate the jurisdiction.
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