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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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Headline-only Kelheim61-year-old handedEUR150,000in love fraud. Keep source-attributed financial/place context; no arrest, actual falsepersona, internet approach or full date borrowed from richer regional versions.
Reported caseA Brazilian woman reportedly discovered a romance scam of several-thousand dollars a day before marrying. Keep attributed financial loss and timing as a relative claim, not an identifiable case/full wedding date, independently verified amount or actualBrazil residence from nationality alone.
Reported caseThe headline reports GBP106million romance loss last year while VarunYadav’s app-mediated loss of all life savings appears in the paragraph. Preserve aggregate and individual roles/unspecified individual amount, not a current-year incident date or two losses summed together.
Research & trendsA Gelsenkirchen woman reportedly lost several-thousand euros to online love fraud; police warn and give safety tips. Retain reported loss/contact/warning/place, not a precise amount, false persona or full event date.
Reported caseBerlin love-fraud coverage attributes EUR5.6million, many silent victims and fake identities gaining trust; title describes false online love promises. Retain aggregate financial/persona/relationship/contact and qualified shame/silence barrier, not independent prevalence, every victim’s help-seeking behavior or clinical loneliness as causal risk. Shame and many victims staying silent do not themselves identify refusal, delay or an explicit help-seeking barrier. Retain the discussion in the source, without assigning an institutional obstacle from silence alone.
Research & trendsA Gelsenkirchen woman reportedly lost several-thousand euros to online love fraud; police warn and give safety tips. Retain reported loss/contact/warning/place, not a precise amount, false persona or full event date.
Reported caseBerlin love-fraud coverage attributes EUR5.6million, many silent victims and fake identities gaining trust; title describes false online love promises. Retain aggregate financial/persona/relationship/contact and qualified shame/silence barrier, not independent prevalence, every victim’s help-seeking behavior or clinical loneliness as causal risk. Shame and many victims staying silent do not themselves identify refusal, delay or an explicit help-seeking barrier. Retain the discussion in the source, without assigning an institutional obstacle from silence alone.
Research & trendsHongKong81-year-old woman reportedly lostfive-millionwithadollarsign to a falsePLAofficer; paragraph adds40-plusromancescam reports in10days/nearHKD40million aggregate. Keep headlinecasefinancial/persona/place separately fromgeneral totals; currency/date/countnotborrowedintothecase andclaimedPLAisnotactualoperation.
Reported caseOtsu police report a65-year-old temporary employee losing aboutJPY16.7million after SNS investment contact with female-named people; headline specifies96cash/crypto remittances. Retain financial/asset/contact/investment/repeated payment context, not false identity from names alone or a full year.
Reported caseBerlin love-fraud coverage attributes EUR5.6million, many silent victims and fake identities gaining trust; title describes false online love promises. Retain aggregate financial/persona/relationship/contact and qualified shame/silence barrier, not independent prevalence, every victim’s help-seeking behavior or clinical loneliness as causal risk. Shame and many victims staying silent do not themselves identify refusal, delay or an explicit help-seeking barrier. Retain the discussion in the source, without assigning an institutional obstacle from silence alone.
Research & trendsNamed Dilawar/Morata three-sibling homicide, alleged debt revenge and romance-fraud context accompany an announced Tuesday trial. Retain attributed homicide/debt and scheduled court stage; weekday is not a full date inferred from an observation or URL, and an accused mental imbalance is not a victim diagnosis or proven criminal insanity.
Reported caseNagasaki police report September counts21telephone,23SNS-investment and4romance cases,48in total; headline describes second-highest loss month and strengthening suppression. Retain mixed aggregate financial/statistical reporting, not48romance victims, an exact financial total or implemented new policy. Month/previous-month comparison lacks an explicit year.
Research & trendsRussian title and opening discuss romantic fraud, hundreds of millions lost and human exploitation in general. Retain attributed general financial discussion without an exact currency, population, period or independently verified prevalence; no named case, actual worker coercion or psychological diagnosis inferred.
Research & trendsMorata three-sibling deaths are linked in the source to alleged economic-debt revenge following romance fraud, naming Dilawar H.C. Retain attributed homicide/debt narrative without medical diagnosis, three independent romantically targeted people or cellmate homicide as another romance-linked death. This partial source does not explicitly announce a trial stage.
Reported caseJapanese police-organized-crime officer profile reports combined special/SNS-investment/romance losses JPY1,045.12million through September and bank cooperation. Retain mixed aggregate trend, not that whole sum is romance losses, every bank’s proven success or named victim/location. Yearless this year is not assigned2025.
Research & trendsRomanian source reports thousands of Britons affected and losses aboveGBP100million while UK FCA calls for quicker/stricter bank and payment controls after red flags were missed. Retain attributed general loss and preventive warning, not verified incidence, implemented legislation or a specific upheld bank-negligence claim.
Prevention & supportInnsbruck56-year-old reportedly lost more thanEUR10,000after a social-media purported US female doctor feigned love. Retain money, false persona/bond and medium; the US is a persona claim, not actual operation site or victim nationality. No exact date, threat or court finding.
Reported caseHeadline says two Utrecht women suspected of substantial dating fraud gained more than half a million; paragraph gives ages26/41 and police attribution. Retain allegation, unspecified-currency loss and arrest. The partial phrase at least26 does not establish26victims; false names, dating-platform specifics and EUR550,000 from the NOS source are not borrowed.
Reported caseVarun Yadav reportedly lost his life savings to romance fraud on a dating app. GBP106million headline is an aggregate, not his personal amount; no exact sum, date, nationality/residence or mental-health diagnosis. Retain personal financial/online account and named recurrence lead.
Reported caseFCA says some banks went to significant lengths to protect people but missed opportunities, with GBP106million cost last year. Retain attributed prevention findings and aggregate financial discussion; yearless last year remains unanchored. Not a proven bank offence, enacted policy, every missed warning or an individual106million loss.
Prevention & supportUK/FCA watchdog asks banks/payment providers for stricter romance-fraud controls because red flags are missed, with above100million losses in one variant. Retain general warning; each source retains its own financial/statistical detail, not borrowed amounts, actual legislation, bank-failure judgment or prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportHeadline reports a romance-fraud victim making403payments in a year; opening attributes missed bank opportunities and GBP106million annual loss to an FCA review. Distinguish one person’s transfer count from aggregate loss. Repeated payments alone do not explicitly establish repeated demands or a dated incident year. No bank misconduct judgment or amount403timesonepayment inferred.
Research & trendsHeadline reports a romance-fraud victim making403payments in a year; opening attributes missed bank opportunities and GBP106million annual loss to an FCA review. Distinguish one person’s transfer count from aggregate loss. Repeated payments alone do not explicitly establish repeated demands or a dated incident year. No bank misconduct judgment or amount403timesonepayment inferred.
Research & trendsA forum-based story includes one anonymous self-report of emotional/romantic fraud costing3million alongside unrelated4million, grandmother10million and100million fraud anecdotes. Retain mixed attributed financial discussion without making every figure romance-related, representative prevalence or a named recurrence.
CommentaryCity of London police figures reportedly show overGBP106million romance-fraud losses in UK financial year2024/25 and9percent annual rise. Retain aggregate attribution, explicitly stated fiscal-period meaning and bank warning. Do not silently turn2024/25into a calendar year or a one-day incident date.
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