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| 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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Netflix subject BridgetPhillips gives her own13,000-dollar romance-scam account and comments on what the programme left out. Actual subject reporting is distinct from pure fiction promotion. Retain attributed loss, not a second independent incident, verified truth, actual revenge violence or diagnosis.
Reported caseTinderSwindler report saysInterpol-wantedfraudsterarrestedand10million-dollarclaimfromwomenmetondatingapp. Retainownarrest/attributedaggregateloss/platform, notGeorgiafilledintotheex-Sovietstateheadline, currentguiltyverdictorindependentconfirmationfromsyndicatedcopies.
Reported caseNorthernIreland woman reportedly lostGBP40,000 in online-romancefraud andPSNIgiveswarning advice. Retain ownloss/warning, not Enniskillen town borrowed from the longer variant, arrest, diagnosis or exact date.
Prevention & supportInnsbruckLand/Tirol48-year-oldwoman reportedlyexploitedin a false romanticrelationshipfor two years; onlythelongerheadlinegivesover100,000euros/sixfigures. Retain contextualcaseandownlossclaims, not alossamountorageborrowedintotheshortvariant, clinicalharm, arrestorprecisedatesfromduration.
Reported caseUrasoe/Okinawacentralwomaninherfifties reportedlylostJPY1.6millioncrypto inSNSromancefraud afterInstagramcontactmovedtoLINE. Retainloss/cryptotransfer/platform, not an explicitinvestmentreturn, namedpersona, arrestoryearforAugustcontact. Geographic correction: main-island central is not a uniquely identified victim country by itself. The explicit Urasoe police-station title supports Japanese jurisdiction; victim-country role remains unknown rather than inferred from publisher/language.
Reported caseMontana headline reports90,000-dollar romance-loss after bondingwithfakecelebrity. Texts like a drug is a source quotation/metaphor, not actualdrugtransport, substanceuse, a clinicaladdiction diagnosis or proved causality. No celebrityname/persona identity supplied here.
Reported caseTinderSwindler report saysInterpol-wantedfraudsterarrestedand10million-dollarclaimfromwomenmetondatingapp. Retainownarrest/attributedaggregateloss/platform, notGeorgiafilledintotheex-Sovietstateheadline, currentguiltyverdictorindependentconfirmationfromsyndicatedcopies.
Reported caseTinderSwindler report saysInterpol-wantedfraudsterarrestedand10million-dollarclaimfromwomenmetondatingapp. Retainownarrest/attributedaggregateloss/platform, notGeorgiafilledintotheex-Sovietstateheadline, currentguiltyverdictorindependentconfirmationfromsyndicatedcopies.
Reported caseOwn variants report the TinderSwindler/SimonLeviev or spellingLviev/ShimonYehudaHayut arrest inGeorgia after romance-fraud reporting or documentary. Preserve each name spelling, age, monetary claim and source omissions; no present conviction/guilt inferred from arrest or all victims identified fromNetflix. Swedish victim’s celebration is not a distress diagnosis.10million/15million/millions remain attributed scopes, not normalized totals. Money estimates/currencies and plural prior targets remain source-specific, not adjudicated sums or a normalized10m/15m aggregate. Arrest inGeorgia is a new reported stage, not a new conviction.
Reported caseTinderSwindler report saysInterpol-wantedfraudsterarrestedand10million-dollarclaimfromwomenmetondatingapp. Retainownarrest/attributedaggregateloss/platform, notGeorgiafilledintotheex-Sovietstateheadline, currentguiltyverdictorindependentconfirmationfromsyndicatedcopies.
Reported caseFrankenthallovescamheadlinereportsEUR6,500obtained,whilebodydescribesanattemptreportedbytwo womenaged55/59. Retainfinancialclaimwithunclearpaidportionandreportingcontext;stageconflictisnotnormalized, age/amountnotautomaticallyassignedone-to-one, noarrestorguilt.
Reported caseYonghe55-year-oldYouonline-romanceheadline says42wanloss whilebodydescribesattemptedinvestmenthandoverinterceptedafterdetecting53-year-oldLaicourier,whoclaimedsexualharassment. Retain bodyattemptedfinancial/arrest/digitalinvestment, explicitheadline/bodycompleted-stageconflictpreserved. Allegedlyfalseharassment isnotsexualassaultonromancevictimnor researcherjudgmentofwomenclaimants.
Prevention & supportOkinawa headline reports a woman in her fifties losingJPY1.6million after a famous actor follow request in romance fraud; Urasoe police named. Retain attributed title loss/persona/platform and JPjurisdiction. Main-island central wording alone is not a separately resolved victim country, and genuine actor identity/operator nationality remain unknown.
Reported caseIndonesian former love-scam worker alleges a North Sulawesi participant seduced a Kalimantan coal businessman out of IDR120-billion with IDR12-billion commission. Preserve the participant-attributed romantic/financial operation account; no independent verification, coerced recruitment, true operator identity or actual recovery is present.
Reported caseNamedCecilieexclusiveinterviewgivesGBP150,000previouslossandromance-warningadvicewhilepromotingfactualdocuseries. Retainownloss/warning, notsource-independentnewcase, allotherNetflixsubjectshercase, successfulunmaskingasconvictionorclinicalharm.
Prevention & supportOdatemantwenties allegedlylostJPY1.7millioncryptothroughSNSromancefraudandfather-investment-company-presidentpersona. Retainclaimedfinancial/cryptopayment/platformandfatheridentitypretext, notprovedcompany,actualfatheroperatororspecificinvestmentproductdetails. Claimthatfatherheads aninvestmentcompany is a pretext in the title; this short source does not explicitly establish a fabricated named family identity. Remove provisional impersonation code, preserving the relationship mechanism as insufficient.
Reported caseNasuShiobaraman58reportedJPY27.1millioncashloss afterSNSwomanaccountdevelopedaffectionandjoint-earningpitch;policeinvestigateexplicitromancefraud. Retainloss/platform/digitaltrust/investigation, notspecificinvestmentproduct,truegenderoffenderor exactyearfromJuly.
Reported caseNamed SuYizhu agencies recruited models/influencers including LinMuxi to feign courtship/marriage, induce repeated overpriced identical PDF-photo purchases and claim penalties/lost work or forced indecent activity. Source reports prosecution. Retain alleged organization/platform/fabricated relationship/changed pressure, financial claim with unspecified magnitude and charge, not completed forced sexual assault, all celebrity relatives guilty or every purchase independently fraudulent. Agency/photo-purchaseallegation, policearrest/referral and prosecution are distinct stages;companynames/influencers alone do not independentlyverifyfraud. Claims of forcedindecentactivity concern a fraudulent pressurepretext, not provedcompletedsexualassault.
Reported caseTaiwaninfluencersallegedlyusedaffectionatecontacttoconvince80men tobuyhundredsofphotobooks;16influencers/over32millionillegalproceeds andearlierchargesreported. Retainattributedmulti-targetorganization/trustfinancialscope/prosecution, notall32millionnetromancelossor guilt,80independentincidents,forcedsexualharmoractualreturnedfunds. Over32million is described as illegalproceeds, not independently verified net romantic-targetloss. Keep financial scope/stage qualified and preserve headline/body, without adding overlapping80/48/16counts. Agency/photo-purchaseallegation, policearrest/referral and prosecution are distinct stages;companynames/influencers alone do not independentlyverifyfraud. Claims of forcedindecentactivity concern a fraudulent pressurepretext, not provedcompletedsexualassault.
Reported caseBhopal32-year-oldman reportedlylostINR12lakh afterFacebookgirl usedloveandriches promises;fakeIDs tracedabroad. Retain financial/platform/falseintimacy/investment allegation, nottruefemale identity,countryofoperator, specificrecuperation orarrest.
Reported caseAomoriwomanfiftieslostJPY9million tovideoplatformcontactHasegawaAkitoshipromisingminimum10percentFXreturn;sourceexplicitlySNSromancefraud. Retainfinancial/investment/promisedreturns/platform,notverifiedoperatoridentity,trueprofit or exactyearfromAugust20/28. Growingclose in the explicitly classified romancefraudsource supportsdigitaltrustpersuasion;10percentminimumFXpromise andJPY9millionaggregate remain alleged sourcefigures, notrealreturns. The displayed100万円firsttransfer is not the total loss.
Reported caseHigashiOmiShiga maleemployee57 reportedly lostJPY5million crypto in an explicitly classified SNSromance-investment scam involving an apparentfemale contact. Police investigate. Retain financial/payment/platform/investment allegation and investigation, not truecontactgender, arrestorreturnedfunds.
Reported caseSpanish report describes an older Japanese woman paying over 7,000 dollars after a supposed astronaut developed a special friendship and demanded money to return to Earth. Retain the attributed romance/persona/payment claim, not a verified astronaut, precise event year or identity with other million-yen oxygen stories. Nationality/population adjectives alone do not establish a separate geographic victim role; actual country location remains unknown in this individual short source.
Reported caseSapporo80s womanlivingalone reportedlypaidmultiplesums tofalseastronautboyfriendforoxygenafterdamagedspaceship storyuntilfamilyreported. RetaintitleJPY1millioncash/claimedpersona/socialcontact/report/isolation. Oxygenisfalsepretextnotactualphysicalinjury, one-and-halfmonthsnotexactdates, previouslonelinessnotprovedcausal.
Reported caseOnly the Japanese headline reports a Mito male target losing JPY8.05-million-equivalent to romance fraud. Retain headline financial/place claims; no currency payment type, age, persona, arrest or investigation is supplied by an empty description.
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