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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 | 263 | 591 | 44.5% |
| Feb 2025 | 405 | 1,629 | 24.9% |
| Mar 2025 | 291 | 561 | 51.9% |
| Apr 2025 | 121 | 390 | 31.0% |
| May 2025 | 113 | 398 | 28.4% |
| Jun 2025 | 82 | 209 | 39.2% |
| Jul 2025 | 132 | 522 | 25.3% |
| Aug 2025 | 129 | 447 | 28.9% |
| Sep 2025 | 161 | 613 | 26.3% |
| Oct 2025 | 128 | 483 | 26.5% |
| Nov 2025 | 118 | 392 | 30.1% |
| Dec 2025 | 91 | 333 | 27.3% |
| Jan 2026 | 523 | 530 | 98.7% |
| Feb 2026 | 1,101 | 1,106 | 99.5% |
| Mar 2026 | 358 | 360 | 99.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 485 | 491 | 98.8% |
| May 2026 | 779 | 785 | 99.2% |
| Jun 2026 | 594 | 842 | 70.5% |
| Jul 2026 | 658 | 1,143 | 57.6% |
| Aug 2026 | 272 | 640 | 42.5% |
| Sep 2026 | 147 | 638 | 23.0% |
| Oct 2026 | 8 | 30 | 26.7% |
Each record represents a source web page, not a verified incident. Different URLs can describe the same event. About these records.
Thai Customs warns of romantic impostors claiming gifts are detained at customs, including a celebrity persona. This is a warning about a payment pretext, not a verified customs charge.
Prevention & supportAichi police discuss provisional 2025 combined investment and romance-fraud statistics and warn against trusting online-only contacts. The largest-count claim covers both schemes, not romance alone.
Research & trendsA woman reportedly supplied €10,000 in vouchers during three years of contact with a false Nico Santos persona. The singer is not identified as the offender.
Reported caseA Valentine’s-period article promotes warning signs for online romantic deception. It does not provide evaluated outcomes.
Prevention & supportA regional warning draws on FBI confidence and romance-scam data. These are combined categories and the excerpt does not establish a local change in incidence.
Prevention & supportFermanagh coverage offers post-Valentine’s warnings and discusses AI-assisted romance fraud. The growth claim is not a measured local rate in the excerpt.
Prevention & supportA Harwich victim reportedly lost £93,000 gambling while trying to recoup romance-fraud losses. That amount is reported gambling loss associated with the aftermath, not money paid to the scammer. The wording does not clearly locate the victim, so victim geography remains unknown.
Reported caseA Japanese commentary combines 42,900 special, investment and romance-fraud reports and ¥324.1bn in provisional losses for 2025. Neither total is romance-only.
CommentaryEditorial commentary discusses combined special, investment and romance-fraud losses. The total cannot be assigned wholly to romance fraud or treated as a new incident.
CommentaryAn Auckland woman reportedly appeared in court after arrest and a search warrant concerning an alleged eighteen-year romance scam. Arrest is not conviction.
Reported caseA woman appears in court over alleged deception exceeding $517,000 across eighteen years. The brief report does not establish guilt, location or exact incident dates.
Reported caseSanda police use short poems to warn about special, investment and romance fraud. Publication of a warning is not evidence of prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportAn Ibaraki headline reports a man and woman re-arrested on suspicion of involvement in SNS romance fraud. No conviction, amount or incident date is supplied.
Reported caseFidapa and Siulp advertise a romance-fraud prevention meeting in Cairo Montenotte on 28 February. A planned event is not evidence that it occurred or prevented harm.
Prevention & supportMcAfee reports a survey of 7,000 adults in seven countries about online relationships and romance scams. A dating-experience percentage is not a scam victimization rate.
Research & trendsAn explanatory report describes AI-generated romantic impostors, including a false Keanu Reeves. The real actor is not identified as an offender.
CommentaryA woman appears in court accused of defrauding a Dunedin man of over half a million dollars across eighteen years. These remain allegations.
Reported caseAn explanatory article discusses deepfakes and bots on dating sites. It supplies no representative prevalence estimate.
CommentaryCommentary describes AI-assisted romance fraud. Its dramatic language and broad financial claims are attributed, not measured comparisons in the retained excerpt.
CommentaryA Harwich victim reportedly lost £93,000 gambling while trying to recoup romance-fraud losses. That amount is reported gambling loss associated with the aftermath, not money paid to the scammer. The wording does not clearly locate the victim, so victim geography remains unknown.
Reported caseA regional warning draws on FBI confidence and romance-scam data. These are combined categories and the excerpt does not establish a local change in incidence.
Prevention & supportFBI advice describes rapid trust-building and marriage proposals in online romantic deception. It is preventive guidance rather than a new incident.
Prevention & supportA German headline claims billions lost through organized romantic fraud. The short text gives no period, denominator or verifiable estimate.
CommentaryA headline describes an FBI approach and criminal networks moving toward romance fraud. It supplies no measured intervention effect or evidence for a quantified shift from drugs.
CommentaryChile’s cybercrime police offer dating-app safety advice during February. The reported rise has no denominator or evaluated prevention outcome in this excerpt.
Prevention & support