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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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Naha police exhibit panels to prevent special/SNS-investment/romance fraud and give provisional51mixed cases,31more, and JPY249.8million for January–August. Retain mixed preventive/statistical loss context. These are not51romance cases or a dated calendar-year series; no proved effectiveness or enacted policy.
Prevention & supportUtsunomiya54-year-old woman reported JPY1.5million crypto loss; SNS contact claimed Korean nationality, called her wife and recommended investment to live together. Retain false romantic bond, online investment/crypto/loss/report/inquiry. August16/14thhave no stated year; Korean persona is not actual operation country or proven stolen identity.
Reported caseMarathi source warns of hotel/bar dating traps and its saved English opening reports a Mumbai bar date and Rs24,000bill, with dating apps listed. Retain alleged attempted financial billing exploitation and online-dating context, not proof the bill was paid, a fabricated long-term romance or threatened payment. GDELT bh label is unverified; saved text is Marathi.
Reported caseWoman reportedly lost EUR291,000, thought a dating-site man loved her and was left with substantial debt. Retain loss/debt, fabricated romantic relationship and dating medium; no name, actual residence, exact date, depression/suicide or case bridge inferred. The quoted belief that he loved her supports trust exploitation; it does not independently establish his internal intent or a fabricated entire relationship. Debt and loss remain her attributed financial outcomes.
Reported caseThe Aisle/ThanePaabloBarandUpvanLakeaccountreportsthemanpressuredtopayRs24,000forpremiumdrinksorderedbyawomandatingcontact. Retainattributedpaidloss/pressureandplatform, notprovedphysicallycoercedextortion or long-termfalseaffection. Sharedsocialmediawarningsarenotindependentcorroboration.
Reported caseHeadline reports a Cambridgeshire widow losingGBP500,000 to romance fraud; police say such fraudsters are difficult to trace. Retain attributed individual loss and explicit prior bereavement, not a named victim, exact date or a claim that widowhood caused victimization.
Reported casePolice arrested a15-year-old boy accused of presenting himself as a woman and exploiting romantic feelings for money. His statement claims more than30men and5millionyen; preserve as attributed admission, not proved total, conviction or inferred online platform absent here. Juvenile and harmed targets are separate roles.
Reported caseNumatapolice report53-year-old femaleorganizationemployee lostJPY18.8millionin crypto toSNSinvestment/romancefraud. Retain attributedloss/cryptocommunication, notbroaderotherNumata ages/amounts, a matched persona orclaimallcrypto wasinvestmentreturns.
Reported caseThe Arabic account says two Turkish brothers filed an official complaint after alleged sham marriages with two Syrian women who took dowry/gold and disappeared. Retain alleged financial exploitation through false marriage and reporting, not criminal guilt, genuine victim residence inferred from nationality, exact loss or dates.
Reported caseFour Toronto-title variants report a man losing80,000 dollars in romance fraud, while the paragraph attributes778Canadians/54.6million year-to-date to CAFC. Keep individual headline versus aggregate paragraph separate. Advocates request more protection; no implemented law, source year invented from observation or independently verified incidence.
Reported caseA15-year-oldSendaimalehighschoolstudentwasrearrestedbyTokyojuvenilepoliceforallegedly posingasafemalecollegestudentandtakingcashfrommen. Hisquotedonlinecasinomotiveis attributedtosuspect, notvictims. Retainpersona/losscase/arrest; no conviction, victimcrypto transferorjuvenilenaminginferred.
Reported caseGurugram man’s73lakh loss is explicitly tied to Bumble romantic trust and fake crypto groups despite the investment-only headline. Retain attributed loss, trust manipulation, trading and platform; crypto group does not prove a crypto transfer or specific forged identity.
Reported caseSheriff headline explicitly reports a man losing120,000 dollars in romance fraud; the very short opening mentions law enforcement investigating. Retain attributed loss and probe with dollar currency unspecified. Kansas City is a dateline, not a bound victim residence or named police jurisdiction. Five identical Post variants are not five losses.
Reported caseSheriff headline explicitly reports a man losing120,000 dollars in romance fraud; the very short opening mentions law enforcement investigating. Retain attributed loss and probe with dollar currency unspecified. Kansas City is a dateline, not a bound victim residence or named police jurisdiction. Five identical Post variants are not five losses.
Reported caseMaebashiEastpolice report78-year-old woman lostJPY4.31million to SNSinvestment/romancefraud exploiting romanticfeelings. Retain mixedclassification, loss and onlinecontext; no exact eventyear, offender orspecificinvestmentdetailinthisshortversion. The paragraph explicitly binds exploiting romantic feelings for money to the described method. Retain trust manipulation, without inventing a fabricated identity or promise.
Reported caseSheriff headline explicitly reports a man losing120,000 dollars in romance fraud; the very short opening mentions law enforcement investigating. Retain attributed loss and probe with dollar currency unspecified. Kansas City is a dateline, not a bound victim residence or named police jurisdiction. Five identical Post variants are not five losses.
Reported caseTokyo juvenile police rearrested a15-year-old Sendaistudent allegedly posing as a woman to obtain electronicmoney from a man inhis30s, with the headline literally500万円 (JPY5million). Re-arrest is another attributed proceduralstage, not anewoffender, provedtotal orconviction. Correct the provisional note’s rhetorical 500million question: the literal500万円 is JPY5million. Preserve the exact source and stated uncertainty, without numerical extrapolation.
Reported caseFour Toronto-title variants report a man losing80,000 dollars in romance fraud, while the paragraph attributes778Canadians/54.6million year-to-date to CAFC. Keep individual headline versus aggregate paragraph separate. Advocates request more protection; no implemented law, source year invented from observation or independently verified incidence.
Reported caseTwoSpanishheadlines/onesource explicitlynameIkechukwuNdubuisi,Nigerianfugitive,Tinder/Facebook andArgentinaINTERPOLarrest concerning allegedUSD8millionmulti-countrylovefraud. Retain allegations/arrest/network/platform; firstsilvernoticecaptureis asourceclaim, notindependentlyverified. Do notinferguilt orcurrency beyondliteral$unlessfinalsourcecontextsettlesit. Leading or orchestrating multiple scams alone does not explicitly identify a multi-person network in this variant. The fuller network article cannot supply this missing organization detail.
Reported caseTokyo Metropolitan Police reportedly arrested a15-year-old Sendai high-school student accused of pretending to be a woman online and taking men’s money. He reportedly admits allegations. Gambling/game-account motive in headline is attributed, not all victims’ motive; keep source-specific arrest/persona/platform and unspecified loss, no conviction.
Reported caseSheriff headline explicitly reports a man losing120,000 dollars in romance fraud; the very short opening mentions law enforcement investigating. Retain attributed loss and probe with dollar currency unspecified. Kansas City is a dateline, not a bound victim residence or named police jurisdiction. Five identical Post variants are not five losses.
Reported caseFour Toronto-title variants report a man losing80,000 dollars in romance fraud, while the paragraph attributes778Canadians/54.6million year-to-date to CAFC. Keep individual headline versus aggregate paragraph separate. Advocates request more protection; no implemented law, source year invented from observation or independently verified incidence.
Reported caseAn Utsunomiya51-year-old worker reportedly lost24.4millionyen after a matching-app acquaintance suggested a side business; headline explicitly classifies SNSromance fraud. Retain reported loss/platform/opportunity lure, not a proved promise of returns or named offender borrowed from other regional cases.
Reported caseFour Toronto-title variants report a man losing80,000 dollars in romance fraud, while the paragraph attributes778Canadians/54.6million year-to-date to CAFC. Keep individual headline versus aggregate paragraph separate. Advocates request more protection; no implemented law, source year invented from observation or independently verified incidence.
Reported caseSheriff headline explicitly reports a man losing120,000 dollars in romance fraud; the very short opening mentions law enforcement investigating. Retain attributed loss and probe with dollar currency unspecified. Kansas City is a dateline, not a bound victim residence or named police jurisdiction. Five identical Post variants are not five losses.
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