Looking for love this Valentine’s Day? Don’t fall for Instagram romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message warning, two exact-description titles read.
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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% |
3,614 matching media records
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Valentine's tech warning as AI chatbots could be stealing your heart - and money
AI chatbot Valentine warning/alltimehigh assertion; potentialstolenheart/money not actual harm.
Research & trends51% of Indians have been catfished by an AI chatbot
McAfee survey of Indian online daters: money/gift targeting and AI personas. Targeting not completed payment; undermined potential-match trust not individual diagnosed harm. Same-agent contextual correction: General explanatory/research method claim is commentary, not an actual individual occurrence or an expressly delivered warning.
Research & trendsRomance scam artists on the rise in Beaufort County
Beaufortsingleswarning/genericAIandfulltimeoperators; fulltime/pluralnotcoordinatednetworkoractualharm.
Prevention & support家庭主婦被騙到暈船 「親愛的」差點騙走50萬 - 社會 - 自由時報電子報
Tainan53Cai500000 planned BitcoinATM investment interrupted; cash brought not paid. General laundering claim not her proven role; patrol rationale source-attributed. Same-agent contextual correction: Police discovery/intervention is practical assistance, not an explicitly delivered preventive warning.
Reported casePódcast | Por qué tu también puedes ser víctima de una estafa amorosa, un crimen muy organizado
Podcast title asserts highly organized love fraud and AI capability. No audio watched, actual case or specific synthetic format. Same-agent contextual correction: General explanatory/research method claim is commentary, not an actual individual occurrence or an expressly delivered warning.
Prevention & supportLooking for love this Valentine's Day? Don't fall for Instagram or Facebook romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message warning across apps/texts.
Prevention & supportEstafas románticas en San Valentín: cómo evitar ser víctima de redes
Spanish warning about dating-app/social-network deception; no individual injury.
Prevention & supportLooking for love this Valentine's Day? Don't fall for Instagram or Facebook romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message warning across apps/texts.
Prevention & supportLiebesbetrüger (54) aus Feldkirchen-Westerham prellt Frauen um 89.000 Euro – Das ist seine Strafe
Feldkirchen-Westerham54 multiple women89000, source judgment/punishment. No sentence term or prison actually served in available text.
Reported caseLooking for love this Valentine's Day? Don't fall for Instagram or Facebook romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message warning across apps/texts.
Prevention & supportLooking for love this Valentine’s Day? Don’t fall for Instagram romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message AP warning, both titles read; repeats not unique incidents.
Prevention & supportLooking for love this Valentine’s Day? Don’t fall for Instagram romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message warning, two exact-description titles read.
Prevention & supportLooking for love this Valentine's Day? Don't fall for Instagram or Facebook romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message warning across apps/texts.
Prevention & supportロマンス詐欺か 外国籍女性かたる人物から投資話、56歳男性が計1200万円被害
Higashiomi56 mechanic1200万円 investment/foreign-woman-persona source suspected romance. Occupation not employer theft; suspicion/alleged rather than independently proved.
Reported casePódcast | Por qué tu también puedes ser víctima de una estafa amorosa, un crimen muy organizado
Podcast title asserts highly organized love fraud and AI capability. No audio watched, actual case or specific synthetic format. Same-agent contextual correction: General explanatory/research method claim is commentary, not an actual individual occurrence or an expressly delivered warning.
Prevention & supportWoman details how an unexpected friend request morphed a $100,000 romance scam - WTOP News
AnhTran100000 and strangerFacebook friend request; title supportsromance but clipped fields lack detailed persona/investment mechanism.
Reported case［社説］ＳＮＳ型詐欺 まず立ち止まり相談を | 社説 | 沖縄タイムス＋プラス
OkinawaeditorialSNSinvestmentandRomancehighmoneybanktransfers, generalreportedharmdifferentfromspecificcase; noactualhelpsought.
Prevention & supportPódcast | Por qué tu también puedes ser víctima de una estafa amorosa, un crimen muy organizado
Podcast title asserts highly organized love fraud and AI capability. No audio watched, actual case or specific synthetic format. Same-agent contextual correction: General explanatory/research method claim is commentary, not an actual individual occurrence or an expressly delivered warning.
Prevention & supportLooking for love this Valentine’s Day? Don’t fall for Instagram romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message warning, two exact-description titles read.
Prevention & supportScammers using AI to dupe the lonely looking for love
AI/persona scam general discussion on social apps targeting lonely people; loneliness prior context, not experienced mental injury. Same-agent contextual correction: General explanatory/research method claim is commentary, not an actual individual occurrence or an expressly delivered warning.
Prevention & supportLooking for love this Valentine’s Day? Don’t fall for Instagram romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message warning, two exact-description titles read.
Prevention & supportLooking for love this Valentine’s Day? Don’t fall for Instagram romance scams
Meta unsolicited-message warning, two exact-description titles read.
Prevention & supportPódcast | Por qué tu también puedes ser víctima de una estafa amorosa, un crimen muy organizado
Podcast title asserts highly organized love fraud and AI capability. No audio watched, actual case or specific synthetic format. Same-agent contextual correction: General explanatory/research method claim is commentary, not an actual individual occurrence or an expressly delivered warning.
Prevention & support「暗号資産の買い方教えてあげる」 由利本荘の６０代男性、４９０万円詐欺被害
Yurihonjo60s man490万円 crypto taken, SNS and purchase-teaching bait. RelativeDecember10 not calendar-filled; crypto payment distinct from investment specifics. Same-agent contextual correction: Crypto purchase/asset wording alone does not establish investment/trading or promised returns.
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