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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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MarcelQ reportedly transferred repeatedamounts to hisgamingfriendMandyP and accumulatedEUR120,000debt; they met incourt. Debt is explicithere, not necessarily anadditional120kloss; courtmeeting alone doesnot establish conviction or sentence.
Reported caseMarcelQ reportedly lostEUR120,000 through repeatedpayments toMandyP after online-game romance; the account says ajudgment hasbeen issued. A judgment is not explicitlyquoted conviction/sentence; repeatedrequests and exacttechniques/incidentdates remainunknown.
Reported caseThe headline reports92.75lakh in romance fraud; the paragraph describes a purported model gaining women’s attention/trust. Currency marking is damaged, no named suspect or exact date supplied. Model persona and trust manipulation are attributed, not verified identity or quantified risk. Projecting oneself as a model is not explicit false identity. Retain trust manipulation without an impersonation application.
Reported caseA woman says she believed anInstagram contact wasJohnnyDepp and lostthousands ofpounds. Retain attributedimpersonation/loss/contact, not offenderidentity, country or anactualcelebrityrelationship.
Reported caseThe Japanese parenting/school article combines online-casino concerns with a headline about high-school students taking millions in romance fraud. Retain mixed contextual coverage, not a specified student case, diagnosed gambling condition or verified financial total.
Related mentionTwo LTN variants describe Taichung womanLi’s six-month online contact, Line/video calls, husband/wife language and proposedTWD2.5million deposit termination stopped by five bank/police staff. HongKong is the contact’s claimed residence, not verified offender operations; no completed loss or actual marriage inferred. Relationship trust manipulation is explicitly retained; do not simultaneously mark that parent code insufficient. This does not establish a false identity or an actual marriage.
Reported caseNamed Ángel Ariel Pedernera agreed to return money after a Tinder romance-fraud accusation; the description says the victim transferred more than 6.5 million with a dollar sign during a yearlong virtual relationship. The currency ISO is unstated. An agreement and case closure do not establish money received, a guilty plea or a conviction.
Reported caseTwo LTN variants describe Taichung womanLi’s six-month online contact, Line/video calls, husband/wife language and proposedTWD2.5million deposit termination stopped by five bank/police staff. HongKong is the contact’s claimed residence, not verified offender operations; no completed loss or actual marriage inferred. Relationship trust manipulation is explicitly retained; do not simultaneously mark that parent code insufficient. This does not establish a false identity or an actual marriage.
Reported caseTaipei bank/police reportedly stopped79-year-oldLi sendingUSD40,000/aboutTWD1.2million to an overseas account after aFacebook sweetheart asked for urgent help. These denominations describe one attempted transfer, not separate losses. Actual partner identity/location and a full date remain unknown.
Reported casePolice describe a52-year-old HongKong woman’sHKD2.6million loss involving apurportedSingaporebusinessman, alongside morethan40love-scam reports/HKD17million intwoweeks. Individual andaggregateamounts are not added; Singaporepersona isnot a verifiedoperation location.
Reported caseOkinawapolice combine two men in theirfifties andJPY37million acrossinvestment/romance fraud, with only one investmentLine-group component retained. Keep combinedamount/mixedscheme scope, not twoprovedromancecases or a specificrelationship for both.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed male in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from a purported woman. Fuller variants describe never meeting and police suspecting exploitation of affection; sparse variants do not borrow those details. HongKong is a claimed persona residence, not real offender operations; relativeJuly/13th do not supply a year.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed male in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from a purported woman. Fuller variants describe never meeting and police suspecting exploitation of affection; sparse variants do not borrow those details. HongKong is a claimed persona residence, not real offender operations; relativeJuly/13th do not supply a year.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed male in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from a purported woman. Fuller variants describe never meeting and police suspecting exploitation of affection; sparse variants do not borrow those details. HongKong is a claimed persona residence, not real offender operations; relativeJuly/13th do not supply a year.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed male in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from a purported woman. Fuller variants describe never meeting and police suspecting exploitation of affection; sparse variants do not borrow those details. HongKong is a claimed persona residence, not real offender operations; relativeJuly/13th do not supply a year.
Reported caseThe headline reports Shizuishan police/courier interception of gold jewellery worth60,000 in an online-romance scam. The paragraph is absent; amount denomination, individual identity and full date are unknown. Prevented property transfer is not completed loss.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed male in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from a purported woman. Fuller variants describe never meeting and police suspecting exploitation of affection; sparse variants do not borrow those details. HongKong is a claimed persona residence, not real offender operations; relativeJuly/13th do not supply a year.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed male in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from a purported woman. Fuller variants describe never meeting and police suspecting exploitation of affection; sparse variants do not borrow those details. HongKong is a claimed persona residence, not real offender operations; relativeJuly/13th do not supply a year. This individual paragraph explicitly says police suspect exploitation of romantic feelings and are investigating. Retain alleged trust manipulation here; shorter variants do not borrow it.
Reported caseIwakuni police reportedly arrested a29-year-oldNagoya man suspected of takingJPY3million inSNS romance fraud. Arrest and alleged loss are source claims; suspect residence is not victim or operation geography and no conviction/full event year supplied.
Reported caseOsaka police investigate combinedSNS investment/romance fraud after a man in his sixties lost cash/gold worth aboutJPY440million. This variant explicitly distinguishes payment assets; it does not name the persona or prove a romance-only total.
Reported caseTakanesawa46-year-old woman reportsJPY13.21million cash loss afterSNS investmentoffers; Sakura police investigateSNS romancefraud. Specificcourtship, returns andfull dates remainunknown.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed man in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from an account claiming to be female, classified as romance fraud. Reported components are not all cash; gender alone does not verify a false identity.13th lacks a full year.
Reported caseTaichung46-year-oldFang proposedTWD30,000 withdrawal/transfer to anunseen supposedSingaporeboyfriend; bankstaff alertedpolice. Keep attemptedpayment and warning, not completedinterception or realSingapore residence suppliedbythistruncatedsource. Ridiculingheadlinephrasing is reporterframing, not a validatedvictimtrait.
Reported caseThis headline describes cryptocurrency worth 36.4 million-equivalent taken in romance fraud after a promise of lifelong happiness. The denomination and specific identity are not supplied. Actual crypto loss is explicit; no dating app or shared victim identity is borrowed from the other headline in the boilerplate display group.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed male in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from a purported woman. Fuller variants describe never meeting and police suspecting exploitation of affection; sparse variants do not borrow those details. HongKong is a claimed persona residence, not real offender operations; relativeJuly/13th do not supply a year. This individual paragraph explicitly says police suspect exploitation of romantic feelings and are investigating. Retain alleged trust manipulation here; shorter variants do not borrow it.
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