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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% |
Each record represents a source web page, not a verified incident. Different URLs can describe the same event. About these records.
The source labels a Penghu X-ray interception of TWD 200,000 as fake-dating fraud, while the retained description only establishes a cash parcel and police notification. Preserve the source’s classification and interception; no sustained false romantic relationship or completed victim loss is established.
Related mentionHimeji police received a report from a woman aged 63 of about JPY 3.38 million lost after a matching-app contact promised profitable investing and living together. Police are investigating as romance fraud. Preserve promise and actual alleged loss; no proved recovery or complete procedural date.
Reported caseEOCO confirms arrest of Frederick Kumi/Abu Trica for an alleged $8 million romance-fraud network targeting elderly US residents. The source’s confirmation concerns arrest; claims about the network/amount remain allegations and neither guilt nor a complete event date is established.
Reported caseThe Cleveland charge headline and prosecutor’s description name Frederick Kumi/Abu Trica, alleged distribution of stolen funds and artificial identities on dating apps. Distributing funds is not itself an explicit completed laundering offence; the AI identity technique remains unspecified.
Reported caseMacerata reporting describes an Instagram engineer persona, false affection and EUR 17,000 extraction; a Nigerian recipient of the last of three transfers is accused. Neither receipt of a transfer nor under-accusation wording establishes a proved laundering role or a formal conviction.
Reported caseA Japanese editorial urges self-protection after 162 combined special/investment/romance frauds and about JPY 1 billion loss. Keep aggregate mixed scope and the editorial’s advice distinct from evaluated prevention or romance-only counts.
CommentaryMacerata reporting describes EUR 17,000 sent and a recipient in Porto Recanati currently on trial denying all allegations. The claimed Irish widower/engineer persona is not an operation in Ireland. Preserve the denial, last-transfer recipient and alleged victim loss separately; no conviction or laundering role is inferred. Macerata/Porto Recanati here locate the accused recipient’s residence, not the woman. Victim and operation country roles remain unknown for this individual source; other articles’ victim locations are not borrowed.
Reported caseThe source names Abu Trica and a US charge for alleged romance fraud taking over $8 million from elderly victims across the country. Charge and attributed scheme amount are not conviction, independent verification or a victim count.
Reported caseThe sparse headline states an SNS-romance-fraud loss of JPY 130 million and a prefectural record amount. It does not identify the prefecture, victim demographic, assets or incident date; those fields are not copied from the separate Yamagata source.
Reported caseThe source explicitly names Frederick Kumi/Abu Trica’s arrest and alleged $8 million romantic fraud. Older Americans identifies nationality, not explicit residence; Ghanaian identifies the subject, not the arrest site in this excerpt. Formal charge is not established merely by accused wording.
Reported caseTsukuba police report a man aged 55 losing JPY 12.69 million after an SNS contact posing as a Japanese woman, and investigation as SNS romance fraud. The purported Japanese persona is not a verified operation location.
Reported caseA US federal court reportedly imprisoned Lagos-based Daniel Chima Inweregbu in a romance/wire-fraud matter; the headline states $405,000. The source does not give sentence duration, complete date or a verified victim count. Lagos-based identifies a reported base, not every operation site.
Reported caseThe source says Abu Trica was charged over alleged $8 million romantic fraud and flaunting proceeds on Instagram. Public display on a platform is not itself a demonstrated victim-contact mechanism or an independent verified loss.
Reported caseDonggang police and a shop worker reportedly stopped a 73-year-old Wu man buying TWD 20,000 in convenience-store credit codes after a claimed woman’s funeral emergency. This is an attempted financial romance scam; the funeral is the pretext, not the victim’s verified bereavement. No completed payment is stated.
Reported caseMacau police arrested two women in separate investment cases, one tied to online romance, with a combined MOP 26 million loss and victim complaints. Keep the two-case aggregate mixed; neither the entire amount nor both cases is romance-only.
Related mentionFukuoka police report a woman aged 58 losing crypto worth JPY 27.6 million through SNS romance fraud; the headline says a friend recognized the scam. This is specific practical warning/help, not evaluated prevention or a claimed operation nationality.
Reported caseThe Akita-source editorial urges self-defence against combined special/SNS-investment/romance fraud after 162 cases and about JPY 1 billion loss. Preserve mixed aggregate scope and advice; no romance-only count, evaluated effectiveness or year is inferred.
CommentaryAn unnamed man aged 32 accused of EUR 130,000 romantic fraud is further remanded in custody. This is continued custody/court procedure, not a new arrest, conviction or sentence. Euros and English wording do not establish a country.
Reported caseThe source says Abu Trica was charged over alleged $8 million romantic fraud and flaunting proceeds on Instagram. Public display on a platform is not itself a demonstrated victim-contact mechanism or an independent verified loss.
Reported caseThe source reports a Macerata woman sending about EUR 17,000 to a stranger after messaging during marital difficulties. Marital crisis is context, not established isolation or causation; neither the other article’s Irish engineer persona nor a conviction is borrowed.
Reported caseThe prosecutor reports arrest of Deymar Daniela Urbano Aragot, aged 26, allegedly using AI voice/male impersonation to target women’s vehicles. The purpose of taking vehicles is not proof of completed property loss. No prosecutor’s nationality or jurisdiction is inferred from his name.
Reported caseMacerata reporting describes an Instagram engineer persona, false affection and EUR 17,000 extraction; a Nigerian recipient of the last of three transfers is accused. Neither receipt of a transfer nor under-accusation wording establishes a proved laundering role or a formal conviction.
Reported caseThe source names Frederick Kumi/Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng/Abu Trica, Ghana arrest and an unsealed US federal indictment about alleged $8 million fraud of elderly US residents. Same person aliases do not create extra defendants or verified cases.
Reported caseThe source names Frederick Kumi/Abu Trica, Ghana arrest, a US Justice Department indictment and alleged $8 million AI-fueled romantic fraud. No specific synthetic-media technique or completed conviction is given.
Reported caseThe source describes a Hsinchu woman’s TWD 3.75 million loss and a courier who reportedly developed a relationship through a gay dating website and accepted TWD 1,500 per collection. Distinguish the targeted woman from the alleged courier claiming romantic victimization; the virtual-currency account mention does not prove actual crypto transfer, trafficking or innocent participation. The courier’s claimed relationship-victimization remains source-associated and alleged; it is not proof that a genuine partner was a false persona or that his participation was innocent.
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