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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 | 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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Coventry online-app fraud victim over100000 and police warning. Own place does not by itself identify UK rather than US Coventry, no perpetrator country, exact incident date or clinical harm guessed.
Reported caseOwn Gate headline Oita-city40 male SNS romance6590000JPY. Publisher boilerplate is not substantive case description; do not borrow60male/cigar1229万円 from originally collapsed neighboring article.
Reported caseKaruizawa/Kitasaku70 male SNS investment-romance cash59800000 via fifteen payments. Payments not fifteen victims; last November without explicit year not calendar-filled; no completed crypto transfer.
Reported caseYufu70 male approximately3290000JPY romance-investment loss with withdrawal-fee demand. Demand not proof extra fee paid beyond stated loss; no crypto transaction type or full date guessed.
Reported caseJapan report2.7fold increase via matching apps within SNS investment/romance fraud total1268億円. Mixed aggregate not all romance losses or independently validated prevalence; relativelastyear not inferred2024.
Research & trendsHitachi72 male lost32910000JPY cash to claimed individual investors met on SNS; police expressly investigate romance scam. Relative2nd not complete event date; no crypto transfer or offender country inferred.
Reported caseRTL romance-scam documentary explicitly discusses false celebrity identities/videos/AI and targeting older women. Source general mechanism not independently verified nationality distribution or actual clinical/financial outcome; video not watched.
Prevention & supportDating-site romance-baiting federal seizure of over eight million traced to crypto wallets. Seizure is asset custody, not completed victim return or every wallet dollar independently established personal loss; no new April raid date invented.
Reported caseRTL brouteurs documentary discusses AI aiding romance deception. General attributed mechanism not independently verified each operator, actual victim loss or defensiveAI initiative efficacy. No programme watched. Documentary investigation title is not explicit warning statement; retain source AI mechanism only.
Prevention & supportDating-site romance-baiting federal seizure of over eight million traced to crypto wallets. Seizure is asset custody, not completed victim return or every wallet dollar independently established personal loss; no new April raid date invented.
Reported caseAkita50 male800000JPY cash loss expressly designated SNS romance fraud, job-help remuneration pretext. Incidental task wording does not negate police own intimate-fraud designation; no actual employment loss or crypto payment.
Reported caseSchwandorf/Wackersdorf68 female sent33000EUR through Facebook love deception. Own clipped text supplies age/place/payment, not clinical impairment, actual crypto or arrest.
Reported caseYame SNS romance-investment victim sent cash multiple times after dollar investment offer. Completed transfers source-attributed; no supplied amount, actual USD payment currency, calendar day/year or crypto transfer inferred.
Reported caseFrench dating-app romance-fraud guide protects emotions and money. Generic warning not a named victim, measured psychological harm or actual money recovery.
Prevention & supportJonan/Fukuoka police warn man about SNS messages declaring love/wish to meet; suspected romance scam. Warning and claimed affection not actual payment, meeting assault or arrest.
Prevention & supportFederal romance-baiting Tether seizure: headline8.2million but description8.2billion. Preserve contradictory units; no silently combined/converted victim loss, criminal conviction or completed return.
Reported caseCaptain unwillingphotoowner lure in AI-assisted lovefinancialfraud. Source describes both romance targets and stolen-identity harmedpersons; generic harm not clinical/quantifiedpersonalnetloss or every stolenphotoAI-generated.
Research & trendsNoida businessman seeks love online, woman lures him to trading-app investment and6.5crore loss. Occupation not employer-fund theft, paid loss not amount returned or clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseSaga50male200000JPY-equivalent cryptocurrency romance-investment loss, claimedofferincreaseincome. Source romance designation retained; no realJapaneseoperator, investmentprofit actuallyrealized or exactdatefromrelative28th.
Reported caseSurvivors describe romance compound recruitment/trapping by syndicates/platforms, globalpigcrime. Sourcemixedworker/perpetrator/targetroles distinct, billionsnotindividualromanceloss, forcedparticipation notwillfulcriminalguilt. Wholebody selected separately, noaudience/clinicalcausation inferred.
Research & trendsAll24 states/roles assessed. Preserve existing own metadata and exact bounded22-word interpretation within25 allowance, without added publisher facts. Other unsupported offenses/outcomes, identity, country and event dates remain unknown or unreported. PriorU/raw evidence retained; no inferred true person, forensic certainty, unseen materials or case linkage.
Reported caseChengdu man stole friend-circle pictures to pose as goddess, online-romance fraud over10000 and caught. Own title supports financial, impersonation/platform/arrest claims; no actual gender/person identity or criminal conviction independently verified.
Reported caseSenboku20male100000JPYelectronicmoney rights romance loss, collateralpretext. Source transfer mode notcryptocurrency or cashbankpayment; no diagnosis/recovery/exactdayyear inferred.
Reported caseLimJianQiang bankfundmovement forunmet purportedfiancée hopingmarriage, jailed despitemisgivingsscammer. Sourceintimatefinancialfacilitation, notownlostamount/fakeactualfemaleidentity orinnocentcourtclassification. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed with explicit successful-original reexamination. Lim's admitted suspected illegality/account role is operation participation, not an assumed claim of victimization or independently innocent money mule. Preserve source romance confidence and four-week sentence separately from maximum penalty or time actually served.177270.86 receipts,9075 email-fraud payment/9000 transfer and79.38 returned participant balance have separate scopes; no all-crypto177270.86, personal Romance loss or restitution to outside victims. Tenancy/email-fraud victims are separate from the intermediary's marriage inducement. Original reviewer Mar27,2025 attribution remains preserved, but reopened body provides Mar27 without its own year: normalized sentencing year held under strict date rule. Dubai claim/Philippine company do not locate Latifa or verify a woman/operator identity. No clinical/material/family harm, coercion, formal forged identity, investment return or victim recovery inferred.
Reported caseTeacher reports escaping romance scam and warns others; unsettling prayer-room voice context without actual money amount, injury, confinement or psychiatric diagnosis. Precise financial/coercive harm remains unknown pending selected body. Whole original article read as separate qualified layer: initial metadata states prayer-room atmosphere only; current financial solicitation/distress/roles require evidence-bound revision before export, not silently added here. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Current teacher is anonymous; demanded bank loan was only pretended, no new loan or teacher payment established. Prior debt review is not new scam-caused debt; separate pension-loss police example is not her loss. Shame/fear of judgment is personal reluctance, not organizational refusal. Reported trauma is not medical diagnosis, and her separate car accident not scam-caused injury. Actual in-person first encounter and subsequent aunt WhatsApp role corrected after targeted original check. Claimed Burundi/royal/lecturer identities not actual origins or verified university role. October7 lastyear remains yearless. No formal forged documents, extortion, investment returns, actual court/arrest event, housing/employment harm, coerced scam work or refunded assets inferred. Warning/disclosure not measured prevention or professional service use.
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