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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.
Vietnamese reporting explicitly describes global post-Covid romance fraud and heavy psychological consequences behind claimed billions of dollars lost. These are attributed broad claims, not verified totals or a victim census.
Research & trendsA US indictment names Abu Trica and alleges more than $8 million taken in romance fraud. Snapchat wealth displays do not themselves establish the victim-contact method or verified proceeds, and elderly Americans does not explicitly state victim residence.
Reported caseThe source identifies a two-count federal-grand-jury indictment of Frederick Kumi/Abu Trica alleging over $8 million fraud. Two counts are not two victims or two independently verified incidents; the saved passage does not itself name the court’s country.
Reported caseNRW police searches concern an alleged gang using several fraud methods including love scamming. Claimed million-scale damage remains mixed and alleged; it is not a verified romance-only loss.
Related mentionThe source names Frederick Kumi/Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng/Abu Trica, US indictment and Ghana arrest over alleged losses exceeding $8 million. It does not explicitly locate the elderly victims, specify conviction or establish a complete incident date.
Reported caseShanghai police report intercepting and returning four watches valued above CNY 4.6 million in a military-boyfriend marriage scam. The headline says sent/recovered while the paragraph says packed awaiting dispatch; preserve that shipping-stage difference. No completed victim loss or actual foreign military identity is established.
Reported caseA Houlong/Miaoli woman aged 69 identified as Xu was drawn into false romantic attention on Line and tried to buy TWD 30,000 game credits as a meeting deposit. A shop worker and police stopped the purchase. This is attempted extraction/interception, not completed loss or a verified deposit requirement.
Reported caseHofu police report a man in his fifties losing crypto worth JPY 7.6 million through SNS romance fraud, described as affinity manipulation. Police announcement is not an arrest or complete incident date.
Reported caseMatt Barnes addresses rumours that an AI-model dating contact swindled him. Preserve a disputed allegation, not verified victimization or an explicit denial that the excerpt does not quote.
CommentaryThe French source says an unnamed retiree believed she was communicating with Brad Pitt and lost EUR 100,000, alongside prevention guidance. No victim name, country, complete date or connection to another Brad Pitt-persona case is established from the shared celebrity identity alone.
Reported caseThe Bergstrasse source identifies a woman aged 70 and EUR 185,000 transferred in a love scam. Police attribution is not itself an explicit victim-filed report in this shorter paragraph.
Reported caseLigang police and bank staff reportedly blocked a TWD 1 million withdrawal for a net-contact’s stocks, classified as fake-dating investment fraud. The headline presents TWD 5,000 staff rewards as awarded, while the paragraph says police will apply for them. Preserve that status difference; neither wording is victim recovery. No specific romantic persona or sustained partnership is described. The original guide is preserved; the award wording is now explicitly source-specific rather than resolved in favour of one field.
Related mentionWildeshausen reporting alleges a recruitment conversation teaching a woman to target older men’s savings through dating apps, followed by a police apartment search finding firearms/ammunition. Planned extraction is not completed victim loss; found weapons are not proof of an additional firearms offence.
Reported caseBergstrasse reporting identifies a woman aged 70 filing a criminal-police report and a EUR 185,000 loss in the headline. Monday is not a complete event date.
Reported caseBergstrasse reporting identifies a woman aged 70 filing a police report about a love scam; the headline gives EUR 185,000. Preserve reported loss/reporting, without inventing dates from Monday.
Reported caseThe saved description explicitly identifies online romance and a Bay Area woman draining retirement accounts, then an AI assistant warning her. Code reported financial harm and AI assistance, not attacker face/voice generation, evaluated effectiveness or a new recovered amount.
Reported caseThe source says Sarah Kuttner’s mother fell in love with an internet fraudster and gave him all her money before her death; a new novel processes the daughter’s painful experience and warning. No cause of death, suicide or homicide is established; distinguish personal testimony from fictional plot.
Reported caseFukushima police report 116 recognized SNS investment/romance cases during January–November, exceeding 110 last year and 16 more than the comparable period. These remain mixed-category, attributed figures; do not treat 116 as romance-only or fill in a calendar year from observation time. The loss amount is truncated. The paragraph expressly reports a financial-loss amount, although its full number is truncated. Code financial harm in mixed scope while keeping the exact full amount unknown; incomplete quantification is not absence of a reported financial-harm theme.
Research & trendsThe source identifies a woman aged 70 in southern Hesse losing EUR 185,000 through feigned friendship in a love scam and police warnings. Keep reported emotional trust manipulation and loss; no victim identity, new request count or complete date is given.
Reported caseWildeshausen reporting alleges a recruitment conversation teaching a woman to target older men’s savings through dating apps, followed by a police apartment search finding firearms/ammunition. Planned extraction is not completed victim loss; found weapons are not proof of an additional firearms offence.
Reported caseShanghai police report blocking over CNY 4.6 million in a military-boyfriend marriage scam and give general military/police-persona warnings. This shorter source does not specify four watches or a completed loss. A quoted military-boyfriend label and generic warnings do not independently establish the specific persona’s real or false identity in this source; withhold that detailed mechanism rather than borrow it.
Reported caseGerman reporting describes a Delmenhorst man convicted for Black Axe membership, fraud and laundering, with hundreds of thousands of euros taken through love scams. The first-in-Germany claim remains attributed; international network reporting does not locate every operation or count additional cases.
Reported caseWildeshausen reporting alleges a recruitment conversation teaching a woman to target older men’s savings through dating apps, followed by a police apartment search finding firearms/ammunition. Planned extraction is not completed victim loss; found weapons are not proof of an additional firearms offence.
Reported caseChristiane’s app romance is explicitly framed as love scamming followed by a money request. The retained passage establishes a request, not completed payment or a specified false persona.
Reported caseThe source names Frank Abel, aged 31, on trial for allegedly taking EUR 1,450 from a Padua woman after chat contact and a false war-surgeon/Kabul/chest-in-England persona. Kabul and England are scam pretexts, not actual operation locations. Trial is not conviction or sentence.
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