‘Kept fooling myself’: Auckland man loses $50k in romance scam
Aucklandmale50k actualfinancialloss/promisedgains; title selfblame sourcequoted, not endorsedresearchdiagnosis.
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| 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% |
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« Faux Brad Pitt » : IA, deepfake… Comment les nouvelles technologies réinventent l’arnaque sentimentale
FalseBrad Frenchvictim Nigeria oriented sourceenquete/personalleadnotnamedauthoritycompletedinvestigation. AI claimformatunknown.
Reported case"Faux Brad Pitt": l'escroquerie sentimentale se réinvente grâce à l'IA
FrenchfalseBradNigeriasuspicionfeature; titleAIclaim noformat or officialinvestigation, reputationnotproofallNigeriansoperators.
Reported case‘Kept fooling myself’: Auckland man loses $50k in romance scam
Aucklandmale nearly50000 promisedfinancialgain/betterlife sourceRomance; title foolingmyself self-blame notpsychologicaldiagnosis.
Reported caseNotorischer Liebesbetrüger bekam drei Jahre Haft
44fivewomen notoriety15convictions/sixmarriages source three-yearsentence. NotallpriorconvictionsRomance, noactualservedterm or repeatedtargeting fromhistory. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Retain reported final sentence; nearly160000 concerns five women and the own reported proceeding, not independent net loss reconciliation. Tinder is this own source's platform. Near-complete admission not automatically formal guilty plea; fifteen prior convictions and six marriages not all Romance offenses or repeated exploitation of the same target. Eight months remand differs from imposed term and all term served. Clothing/body-description is not automatically victim blame. No ORF-only violence, fabricated illness detail, country role or exact date borrowed into Krone; no inferred refund, serious harm, investment, coercion, forged ID or network. Qualified case bridge still needs current register binding, no forced observation chronology.
Reported caseSingapore actor Laurence Pang loses $35k to scam after meeting woman on Filipino dating site
Pang35k Filipinodatingsite andJan17programmegrievance. Appearance ispublicdisclosure, notpolicereport; showunheard, noincidentdatefrombroadcast.
Reported caseS’pore actor scammed of $35k by woman on dating website PinaLove
Pang78/Mika PinaLove1.5millionPHP35kSGD explicitdatingloss. Names/currencyconversionsnotnewcases; exactcopypersona deceptiondetails unknown.
Reported caseDigital Deception: The Rise of Social Media Romance Scams in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe broadsocialRomancescamfeature, no ownvictimloss/statisticaldenominator orclinicalharm fromvulnerableword.
Prevention & support【速報】「お金を引き出すのなら税金払って」詐欺と気付く 京都の女性がSNSロマンス詐欺被害
YahataKyoto44female2280万円 crypto investment Romance/withdrawal taxrequest. Crypto transferexplicit; request notproof taxpaid or repeatedrequests.
Reported case31.「社説」【高知新聞】
Kochi2024 investment/Romance6.5億 editorialaggregate; notRomance-only personalfinancialloss or detailedinvestmentbait.
Commentary鳥取の５０代男性、３９９万円のロマンス詐欺被害 ＳＮＳで親交深め副業勧誘される | 山陰中央新報デジタル
WestTottori50male399万円cash/SNSintimacy sidework; lastyearNovember17notcompletedyear, nospecificinvestmentfromsidework alone.
Reported case网恋6年被"女友"骗18万 对方竟是男儿身
Sun/Xixi6yearfalsegirlfriend18万 allegesmaleidentity/policereport. Duration doesnotitselfestablish repeatedmoneyrequests, sexidentitynotmoraljudgment.
Reported case【ＳＮＳ型ロマンス詐欺発生】鳥取県西部で３９９万円被害 | 日本海新聞 NetNihonkai
WestTottori50male399.2万円 falsefemalefriendship/gamemarketing sideworkpretext. Sideworknotautomaticallyinvestmentprofit promise.
Reported case「実在する機関名にだまされた」 ロマンス詐欺 三原市の被害者男性語る後悔 | 中国新聞デジタル
Own Mihara570万 caption agency-name deception/overseas-return woman; reported interview not actual police complaint.
Reported caseNYPD warns of online dating scams as Valentine’s Day approaches
NYPDdatingapp/siteValentinewarning, noactualcaseamountorpersonalharm.
Prevention & supportMockery of woman conned out of $855K by AI-generated Brad Pitt leads TV channel to pull interview
Frenchwoman830k/$855k andmockery/AIheadline; no clinicalcondition or methodbeyondclaimedAI.
Reported case「実在する機関名にだまされた」 ロマンス詐欺 三原市の被害者男性語る後悔
Mihara70male570万 interview/regret and purported agency overseas-return woman. No own named UN/doctor persona or clinical injury.
Reported case【ＳＮＳ型詐欺】巧妙化する手口に警戒を | 高知新聞
Kochi2024 combinedSNS investment/romance6.5億 warning, not romance-only amount or personal loss.
Research & trendsMe enamoré de un actor famoso: la estafa romántica impulsada por IA que atrapó a una rosarina
FranceAnne actual savings loss and separate Rosario fakeNZactor requestingmoney, prospective secondcase not actual paid loss. NZpersona not operator country.
Reported caseArnaques sentimentales sur internet: qu'est-ce qu'un "brouteur" et quels sont les signes pour les détecter? Une professionnelle nous donne ses conseils
AnneVarois all money lost to brouteur and prevention guide; no specific persona borrowed or normalized annual victim count.
Prevention & supportArnaques sentimentales sur internet: qu'est-ce qu'un "brouteur" et quels sont les signes pour les détecter? Une professionnelle nous donne ses conseils
AnneVarois all money lost to brouteur and prevention guide; no specific persona borrowed or normalized annual victim count.
Prevention & supportMockery of woman conned out of $855K by AI-generated Brad Pitt leads TV channel to pull interview
Frenchwoman830k/$855k andmockery/AIheadline; no clinicalcondition or methodbeyondclaimedAI.
Reported caseBrad Pitt responde a estafa millonaria que usó su imagen y conmueve redes
French woman850k romantic scam using false actor photos, warning. Fake photos do not alone establish AI synthesis or exact persona mechanism.
Reported caseArnaques sentimentales sur internet: qu'est-ce qu'un "brouteur" et quels sont les signes pour les détecter? Une professionnelle nous donne ses conseils
AnneVarois all money lost to brouteur and prevention guide; no specific persona borrowed or normalized annual victim count.
Prevention & support「幸せをお裾分けするお手伝いをします」「投資すれば元金を増やせる」 95万円詐取される 大分県日出町で60代男性がSNS型ロマンス詐欺被害 | 西日本新聞me
Hiji60male95万 romance investment/SNS explicit principal growth title. Police attribution not actual investigation.
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