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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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Utsunomiyacompanydirector64reportedJPY25,761,244cashlossandpoliceinvestigateSNSromancefraud. Retain exactbodyamount/title-rounded25.76million, platform/investigation, notspecificpersona, criminalguilt orpaidrecovery.
Reported caseDaughter reports retired/divorcedmother knowinglychats with20–30love-scamLINEaccounts andsent10,000dollars; fullvariant saysmotherblocksinvestment/bankrequestsdespiteclaimonlyfeelingsnotmoney. Retain attributedfinancial/platform/familydistressand quotedridicule, not20–30verifiedincidents, clinicaldiagnosis or daughter'scriticism endorsedasresearcherjudgment. Currency isnotexplicitlynormalizedfromgenericdollars. Knowingchatting anddaughter'sfrustration do not establish blameworthiness,compulsiveaddiction orclinicaldisorder. Ridicule is source-quoted framing,notendorsedresearcherstance;20–30accounts are not20–30independentincidents.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts. Italian title says money extorted, while opening says requested. Preserve this financial claim with unclear completion, not a proven paid amount.
Reported caseMiewoman60sreportedlylostJPY25million toapersonposingasaJapanesephysicianlivingintheUS. PoliceYokkaichiNorthreportcase. Retainloss/falsepersona, not actualUSoperatorbase,nationality, medicalillnesspretext orarrest.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseAomoriwoman60sFacebook/LINEcontactNagashimaTetsuhirooffered20percentcryptoearnings;JPY300,000cashplus13.9millioncryptoclaimlossandinitial360,000payoutdistinct. Retainmixedcash/crypto loss/platform/returns/investment,notnetlossafterpayout,samecaseaswoman40s/Yoshidaortrueoperatorname.
Reported caseWetterau61-year-oldman reportedlylosesEUR80,000andtakeloans tohelpclaimedUSsoldierinYemen,believinginsharedfuture. Retain financial/debt/persona/fabricatedrelationship, notactualUS/Yemenoffenderbase,nationality,battleinjury or returnedmoney.
Reported caseNamed Ariel/LinMuxi allegedly cooperated four times in romance fraud obtaining overNTD470,000; Taipei prosecutors charge her and request at least five years. Retain alleged financial/network involvement, charge and requested sentence, not a completed five-year jail term, guilt of her celebrity relatives or all case proceeds attributed to her.
Reported caseCNA ownsource says anagency'sromance/photobookfraud affected48targets withoverNTD17.13million and35peopleincludingArielLinMuxi/lawyer wereprosecuted. Retain alleged financial/organization/charge, not48equaltoarrested48later, completedsentences or allfamilydeathpretextsreal.
Reported caseChristopherHarkins/ScotlandTinderPredatordocumentary account includes victimShannon'sdating/holidaypayments in the fuller source andbroaderaggregateheadlinequantities. Retain source-specificloss/platform/trust context; aggregate113.6wan/82million andoneShannonGBP3247 differ. No actualtrue victim name, measuredgeneralprevalence or conviction supplied by the shortvariant.
Reported caseCNA ownsource says anagency'sromance/photobookfraud affected48targets withoverNTD17.13million and35peopleincludingArielLinMuxi/lawyer wereprosecuted. Retain alleged financial/organization/charge, not48equaltoarrested48later, completedsentences or allfamilydeathpretextsreal.
Reported caseDelhiReddituser claims aTinderdate luredhimtoanexpensivecafe andforcedINR50,000payment. Retain attributed financial/platform/courtingtrap, not independentlyverifiedincident, abduction/physicalassault or everyoneondatingapps atmeasuredrisk.
Reported caseLinMuxiallegedlyusedscripteddeadfather/absentmother andwork-coststories toexploitfourmen'saffection fornearlyNTD500,000;prosecutorsrequestfiveyears. Retain allegedfinancial/trust/manipulatedpretext/prosecution/requestedsentence, notactualfatherdeath,motherabandonment, diagnosis orcompletedjail. Legalcommentsonsocialtrustarenotmeasuredpsychologicaloutcome.
Reported caseNeihuLin'sFacebookcontactclaimedSingaporewomanYang trappedinanightclubandneedingNTD310,000;bank/policeinterceptedthenarrested51-year-oldMalaysianChencourierwho reportedlyansweredfreeTaiwantravelad onXiaoHongShu. Retain attemptedloss/fabricatedintimacy/platform/interception/arrest and attemptedcash-courierrole. Falsegirlfriend captivity isnotrealtrafficking; courier'sclaimeddeceptiverecruitmentnotprovedcoercion/innocence.
Prevention & supportSuYiwen/YangAnren/RuanBochen agencies allegedly used producers/chat workers posing as entertainers, with photobook-sales and false forced-hostess-work pretexts to obtain overNTD17.13million from48targets. Title requests15years/fine. Retain organization/platform/false relationship/pressure and financial allegation with requested sentence; no completed forced prostitution, actual target diagnosis or identity normalized to the later SuYizhu spelling. Feigning entertainer courtship is supplied by the description, not the abbreviated title. Forced hostess work is a fraudulent pressure pretext, not proved coercion.
Reported caseUDN own title/body alleges SuYiwen's agency used entertainer personas and ambiguous affectionate chat to induce photobook purchases totallingNTD17.13million; five-/15-year sentence terms requested. Retain financial/platform/fabricatedintimacy/network and requestedsentence, notcompleted jail, realforcedprostitution or alltargets independentcases.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseFalseastronaut allegedly inducesaffectionandapproximatelyINR600,000lossfromolderwomanforoxygen. Retain ownloss/persona/trust, not originalcurrencyconversionapproved, actualoxygenphysicalemergency, operatorlocation or clinicalharm.
Reported caseNamedSuYiwen/YangAnren/RuanBochen agency allegedly feigned dating to induce electronicphotobookpayments with forcedporn/Dubai-prostitution/family-illness pretexts;title17.13millionandfive-yearsentence request. Retain organization/fabricatedintimacy/financialandrequestedjustice claims. Pretexts are not real victimdeath, diagnosis, trafficking or actualsexualviolence.
Reported caseTitle alone reports a male romance-fraud target losingJPY5.69million in Toride orJPY5.75million in Omitama. Retain each own title's amount/place; empty descriptions supply no age, persona, platform/payment type, investigation or common case identity.
Reported caseNamed ChristopherHarkins reportedly stole overGBP3,000 from one dating-app target and was jailed12years for multiple crimes. Retain source-specific financial/platform/sentence claims; not all12years for that one loss, criminalguilt beyond reported convictions, actualmoneyreturned or the victim name supplied by a different documentary account.
Reported caseXiangtantargetreportedoverRMB130,000lossfromonlineromanticcontactclaimingcancer;policeinvestigateandarresttwoinXian/Shenzhen. Retain allegedfinancial/medicalpretext/digitalrelationship/investigation/arrest,notactualcancer,Marchyearfromobservationorvictimoperatinglocationassignedtooffender'snationality. Claimed cancer is a financial/medical pretext, not by itself an impersonated identity or proof of actual disease.
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