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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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Takasaki39 female SNS romance705000 e-money source, headline rounded700000 not silently corrected/added. Rapport/platform only expanded own text, no verified psychiatric harm. Own reread source supports Rt:d with its stated attribution/scope. Own reread source supports T:d with its stated attribution/scope. Own explicit SNS rapport and electronic-money amount, not inferred from age/occupation.
Reported caseYurihonjoAkita60 male1184000 e-money fake Honda Tsubasa Facebook/LINE account. Not cryptocurrency, claimed celebrity not operator, last October has no inferred year. Bind R:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description. Bind T:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Reported caseTakanezawa50 male598000 cash romance-investigation report after demanded investment to meet. Source actual payment/reporting, no net-loss recovery, exact year or guilty verdict.
Reported caseAkita20 male300000 crypto romance marriage-fund investment loss. Explicit source romantic purpose, no year inferred from11th or actual recovery. Bind I:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description. Bind Rt:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Reported caseTakasaki39 female SNS romance705000 e-money source, headline rounded700000 not silently corrected/added. Rapport/platform only expanded own text, no verified psychiatric harm. Own reread source supports Rt:d with its stated attribution/scope. Own reread source supports T:d with its stated attribution/scope. Own explicit SNS rapport and electronic-money amount, not inferred from age/occupation.
Reported caseYurihonjoAkita60 male1184000 e-money fake Honda Tsubasa Facebook/LINE account. Not cryptocurrency, claimed celebrity not operator, last October has no inferred year. Bind R:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Reported caseCampbellScott allegedly dating-app lured, robbed1.9millionKsh and found dead MakongoForest/Makueni. Reported targeted financial ambush using dating lure; attributed killing/robbery not independently verified causality or convicted identities, method/graphic details omitted. Own reread source supports H:d with its stated attribution/scope. Source explicitly says killers/robbery and body found dead. Attributed financial dating ambush homicide, no independent clinical/court causality; no manner/graphic details in public interpretation. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. CampbellScott58 own reported financial dating ambush retains source-attributed homicide/robbery, not independently verified medical causality or guilt.1900000Ksh/12000GBP is one converted claim, not two losses. Police allegation and inconclusive autopsy/toxicology remain distinct; no graphic details. Three wanted names not equivalent to two arrests,21-day custody not imposed sentence. Scots identity not operation country, workplace agency not employer theft. Relative February16/22 no inferred year or death date. No all gang targets one incident, target sexual assault, diagnosed clinical harm, forced-work participation, threat-based demand, investment return, formal forged ID, refund or independently established network inferred.
Reported caseEastDelhi BigDaddyBar fake dating profiles/intimacy lure inflated bills and four men arrested. Police accusation not conviction, real women involved not automatically each victim of trafficking, financial amount unknown.
Reported caseMalaysian experts balanced regulation of dating apps to curb love scams. Proposed policy discussion not enacted rules, all dating apps fraudulent or verified effect.
CommentaryOtsu48 male5000000 cash SNS romance investment fraud, claimed Japanese woman persona not verified operation location. No recovered money or exact year from relative date.
Reported caseMalayalam Delhi fake dating-app profiles/bar fraud and arrests, financial social/dating lure. No inferred rape/sex assault/clinical harm or sum from app name; court guilt unknown. Bind E:d to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Reported caseKatie Powell Portland Tinder financial deception;40000 headline versus40,00 description typo retained as source discrepancy. Single mother not proof of targeted age/occupation/employer theft; no clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseBlackburn bipartisan bill introduction to notify dating-app users of potential scammers. Proposed alert requirement not enacted/passed law or verified outcomes, senior protection not proof all offenders target elders. Bind T:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Prevention & supportAkita50 male2250000 cash SNSRomance sidejob/onlineshopping scheme. Matchingapp only ownexpandedversion; job scheme Romance sourceclassification retained, not all taskfraudsromantic. Own contextual reread supports T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Reported caseMeta reports400000 romance-related accounts detected/removed eachyear, fake celebrity love stories. Accounttakedowns not400000uniquecriminals/victims, corporateclaim not independent efficacy measurement; unspecified year remainsunknown.
Research & trendsJuliaSimpson68 pseudonym/DanielPeeters romance22kGBP versus25kEUR sourceconversion andlife-savings. Claimed58widowerCambridge not verified persona/location; Maylastyear no inferredyear, betrayed/tornlife not psychiatric diagnosis. Own contextual reread supports T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own fraudster alias supports impersonation; Julia pseudonym retained, claimed Cambridge/age/widower identity not verified location/date. Relative May lastyear not assigned year.
Reported caseMichigan man beaten androbbed afterdating-appambush, policewarn. Financialintimate bait/sourceattributedphysicalattack and completedrobbery, unknownpaidamount/year/operatoridentity; warning not measuredriskreduction. Dating ambush source-attributed robbery/physical assault; no independently verified guilt/date from Monday/observation.
Reported caseNoshiro50 male1400000 cash LINE investmentRomance sourceclassification. Ownunknownromanticmessages/dateyear kept, no returnedfunds or allsameAkita case.
Reported caseHigashiomi28 male publicservant15000000crypto SNS romanceinvest loss, claimedKorean woman persona. Persona country not operation location, no event year or returned money inferred.
Reported caseCatfishing-for-crypto dating-user warning/sourceclaimedAI fake messagingprofiles. General source mechanism claimnotempiricalincrease, verifiedspecificmodelattack oractualcashlost. Source synthetic-profile/girlfriend allegation not independently verified AI generation.
CommentaryBoeblingen womanaround500000EUR online lovefraud/commonlife promises/repeated requests. Genericshortcopy retainsunknowncity/detail; copiesnotnewvictims, repeatedrequests same describedoperator not manyindependentcases, unknown restitution. Own contextual reread supports Rt:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports Q:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own chat/shared-life promise/repeated requests support mechanisms; absent clipped county is not borrowed from fuller variants.
Reported caseBoeblingen womanaround500000EUR online lovefraud/commonlife promises/repeated requests. Genericshortcopy retainsunknowncity/detail; copiesnotnewvictims, repeatedrequests same describedoperator not manyindependentcases, unknown restitution. Own contextual reread supports Rt:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports Q:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own chat/shared-life promise/repeated requests support mechanisms; absent clipped county is not borrowed from fuller variants.
Reported caseRomanian DNSC romance-fraud warning for women/socialmedia/dating contacts. Warning and source risk claim not all women victims or measured incidence; March8 audience occasion not every event date/year. Bind Aw:d to actual own source field. Own contextual reread supports T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Prevention & supportJonanFukuoka male SNS romanceinvestment crypto theft. No own amount fromclippedtext or automatically same15822000cash68male investment-only case.
Reported caseMichigan man beaten androbbed afterdating-appambush, policewarn. Financialintimate bait/sourceattributedphysicalattack and completedrobbery, unknownpaidamount/year/operatoridentity; warning not measuredriskreduction. Dating ambush source-attributed robbery/physical assault; no independently verified guilt/date from Monday/observation.
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