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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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Shorter Kagoshima coverage reports a seventies woman’s SNS romance-fraud loss of about JPY28 million and the police warning. The headline adds Facebook/LINE, an overseas-living investment plan and a JPY10 million withdrawal fee. Retain only this variant’s details; no full date or verified persona supplied.
Reported caseBanaswadi/Bengaluru resident reportedly lost INR30 lakh to a purported NRI on a matrimonial website and filed a police complaint. Retain reported financial/platform/reporting and alleged impersonation, not verified overseas residence or a specific incident date.
Reported caseBangkok CSD/CIB reportedly arrested three Thai women believed to lead a cross-border romance network with nearly THB6billion loss, citing PPTV. Retain alleged organization/financial aggregate and arrest, not proven ringleader status, a romance conviction or three independent case totals.
Reported caseDelmenhorst man allegedly defrauded women of hundreds of thousands of euros through love scams; his former wife is accused of laundering and a mafia-like group allegedly sits behind it. The title identifies a trial. Retain allegations and separate roles, not proved guilt or a bridge to another unnamed proceeding.
Reported caseFCA-assessed romance-fraud cases reportedly range from GBP100 to GBP428,249 losses. General reported statistics are not one household’s loss, a verified epidemic rate or a normalized total.
Research & trendsThai-language coverage reports three women arrested as financial-network hubs in international online romantic deception with more than THB6 billion harm, and police charges for transnational crime, laundering and association. Retain alleged network/financial facilitation and charge stages, not conviction, compensation or proved willing participation.
Reported caseThree Thai women are arrested for alleged involvement in a Nigerian-run romance network said to have defrauded targets of over THB6 billion. Retain aggregate financial allegations and arrest/organization, not proven guilt, three independent victim totals or actual Nigerian operations.
Reported caseThe Marathi headline explicitly describes a Tinder girlfriend deception and an engineer becoming destitute; the paragraph names Kapil in Noida and66lakh lost through a dating-app scam. Retain attributed loss/platform, not a currency ISO inferred from location, exact date or independently verified identity.
Reported caseThai police arrested three women allegedly providing mule accounts and withdrawing money for a Nigerian-linked Romance Scam network, with nearly THB6billion harm. Retain arrest and alleged financial facilitation/aggregate harm without turning nationality into operations or assuming coercion/innocence.
Reported caseThe headline reports three Thai women arrested in a Nigerian-linked romance network, with NGN212 billion alleged harm. Retain the publication’s denomination and aggregate allegation without converting another source’s baht total, assigning all harm to one woman or proving guilt. This paragraph explicitly identifies Thai authorities; keep nationality separate from the authority country role.
Reported caseVenice/Giudecca caregiver reportedly took EUR127,000from an elderlywoman and was acquitted, described as herself a romance-fraud victim/in love. Retain acquittal and disputed third-party financial harm, not proven criminal theft, coercion or actual loss to the caregiver herself.
Reported caseItalianAIromance-fraud coverage names aLeeJung-jae impersonator taking350,000withadollarsign andoffersprotectionadvice. Retain reportedloss/impersonation/AI andwarning without automaticcurrencyconversion, actualactorinvolvement or exactdate.
Reported caseMiaoli76-year-old woman proposed18,000AppStorecards for a supposedHongKong boyfriend’s claimed accident/importedmedicine/transfusion costs. Store/police intervention stopped the purchase after social/LINE trust-building. Claimed medical harm is a pretext, not verified physical injury or HongKong operations; October31has no year. Only a convenience-store clerk and police are stated in this source; no bank intervention is added.
Reported caseMiaoli76-year-old woman proposed18,000AppStorecards for a supposedHongKong boyfriend’s claimed accident/importedmedicine/transfusion costs. Store/police intervention stopped the purchase after social/LINE trust-building. Claimed medical harm is a pretext, not verified physical injury or HongKong operations; October31has no year. Only a convenience-store clerk and police are stated in this source; no bank intervention is added.
Reported caseThe Hindi source labels an OnlineDatingScam: a Delhi man met a purported scammer through a dating app, saw a7,000cafe bill and left using an urgent-call excuse. This is an unverified viral account of avoided payment, not completed loss, verified false identity or a proven arrest.
Reported caseMaria70 reportedly lost over half a million euros in online romance fraud to a supposedGaz surgeon, alongside Maltese annual fraud context. Retain attributed persona/loss, not realGazaoperations, a clinicalcondition or an independently verified national total. Maltesevictimcontext is not a specificMaria residence assertion.
Reported caseA California widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after a wrong-number text, fake romance and an investment approach. Retain attributed financial/relationship/platform and prior widower status, not an independently verified amount, causal vulnerability or actual crypto transfer from the crypto-scam label.
Reported caseSuzuka police report a woman in her forties losing Ethereum worth JPY13.6million after matching-app contact with a male-named person. Retain reported financial/crypto/contact, not false identity from a name alone or a year inferred from30th.
Reported caseA California widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after a wrong-number text, fake romance and an investment approach. Retain attributed financial/relationship/platform and prior widower status, not an independently verified amount, causal vulnerability or actual crypto transfer from the crypto-scam label.
Reported caseTaipei42-year-oldHuang was induced through Facebook/LINE photos, claimed divorce, caring/flirting and false love to invest in antiques; bank/police stopped one-million cash withdrawal. Retain attempted loss, trust manipulation/platform/investment and prevention, not completed loss, verified female identity or an actual divorce.
Reported casePortuguese headline alleges250,000euros taken through a false Zé Amaro singer persona; paragraph says PJ caught the alleged love-fraudster in Porto attempting another25,000. Completed allegation and attempted further amount are separate; nationality/PJ name alone is not another jurisdiction or convicted guilt.
Reported caseKulmbach elder woman reportedly targeted by false ElonMusk/urgentoperation pretext and exploitation of trust/money. The question about who prevented furtherloss is not itself an explicit interception outcome; no exact amount, actual medical injury or celebrity involvement is supplied.
Reported casePolish generalromance-fraud discussion cites belief in BradPitt and250,000zlotypaid tobring a nonexistent Japanese doctor toPoland. Retain general loss/falsepersona/online context, not verified individualcase identities, actorinvolvement or Japaneseoperations.
Research & trendsBay Area/Brentwood widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after an unknown-person text and fake-romance investment scam. Title variants preserve1M/one million wording; no financial transfer asset, exact date, clinical distress or causal effect of bereavement inferred.
Reported caseRichardGorman52pleads notguilty tofalse-representationfraud, withGBP45,000romance allegationintheheadline. Retain aplea(protestingguilt), not aguiltyplea, conviction or provenfinancialloss.
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