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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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Gera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseGera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseTottori police report male40s lostJPY250000 after SNSfemalecontact asked work help; explicitromance category. Three transfers July30–Aug1 not repeated victimization/cases or inferred year. Paymentaccount notcrypto; no persona nationality or arrests.
Reported caseGera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseGera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseJapaneseheadlinereportsmixedSNSinvestment/romanceloss5億JPY500million, separategeneral-specialfraud2.3億. Descriptiondetails generalcategoryfirsthalf, notallromance. Preserve scope/period andunspecifiedprefecture; neitheramountsummed norcurrent-yearinferredfromrelative今年. Financial totals combine fraud types; retain attributed scope and separate denominators, not romance-only aggregate.
Research & trendsFake-CIA romance suspect ShawnStevenHarris50 allegedly obtained money for undercover missions with promised government repayment; separate anonymous source reports jumping to death while fleeing arrest warrant. Suspect injury/death is not victim physical harm or established suicide intent. Earlier2019 activity not current incident date; arrest warrant is not completed arrest. Named bridge/deeper source review required. Suspect death/fleeing warrant is not target physical harm, completed arrest or established suicidal intent. No homicide/suicide causality inferred.
Reported caseGera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseArabic source reports US receiving three Ghanaian emotional-fraud-network suspects; fuller variant states over100million and seven-year investigation, shorter only repeats headline. Preserve source-specific amounts/procedural information and allegation, not conviction or exact dates inferred from observation.
Reported caseGera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseNasuKarasuyamaman69 allegedlylostJPY9.1million-equivalentcrypto afterfemale-namedSNScontact; explicitpoliceromanceclassification. Femaleaccountnamealoneisnotverifiedgender orfabricatedintimacydetail; Mayhasnoyear, noactualreturn/arrest.
Reported caseDaisenwoman40s reportedlylostJPY6.4million-equivalentcrypto toaffection-associatedfalseinvestment inpolice-classifiedSNSromance fraud. Own title/description supportloss/intimatelure/crypto; no actualreturnorcharge.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseAdeline’s father reportedly lostEUR269000 under years of online sentimental-fraud influence and daily harassment. Retain attributed testimony/loss and coercive contact context, not daughter as direct financial target, clinical addiction, new case count or exact years.
Reported caseFrenchRFI report says threeGhanaians extradited toUS willbetried over largeonlinesentimental fraud and100million. Retain reported enforcement/futuretrial and allegation, no verdict or actualcalendaractdate; broadernameddefendant source requires contextcomparison.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseZhongli headline states a pawnshop/police interception of proposed500000romance-fraud loss. Own description explicitly records114年8月8日14時 police notification; it is notification not automatically crime/arrest date. Retain attempted loss and interception, not arrest, delivered funds or a measured intervention effect. Attempted500000 loss is a financial stage, not an invented financial subtype; police-notification date remains distinct from attempted transfer.
Prevention & supportChangshaHu reports35万RMB sentduringyear-long onlineaffection toYaoYao/contactmetingameJune2024; falsemedicine requests andpolice investigated purported womanfaraway. Retain attributedfinancial/digitaltrust/falseidentity/investigation. July28complaintyearnotstated; sourceexplicitJune2024firstcontactmonth canbe structured. Nostatedrealillness ormoneyreturned.
Reported caseFake-CIA romance suspect ShawnStevenHarris50 allegedly obtained money for undercover missions with promised government repayment; separate anonymous source reports jumping to death while fleeing arrest warrant. Suspect injury/death is not victim physical harm or established suicide intent. Earlier2019 activity not current incident date; arrest warrant is not completed arrest. Named bridge/deeper source review required. Suspect death/fleeing warrant is not target physical harm, completed arrest or established suicidal intent. No homicide/suicide causality inferred.
Reported caseTitle allegesman soldbylover forGBP10000 andtortured/forced20hourdayfraudwork. Descriptionreportssubstantialweightandhearingloss andfamilyransom. Keepattributedcoercion/physicalharm andrelativefinancialransom, notsellerpriceasvictimnetloss, verifiedclinicalcause,voluntaryperpetration ororiginaljudgment.
Reported caseTracyHall first-personfeaturetitleclaimsGBP150000romancescamloss; ownexcerptexplicitJuly11,2017 day andseven-year-oldchildmorningbeforeavideo. Preserve reportedloss/title anddateprecision, notinferredactualtransfer/date, childasscamtarget, causeofclinicalharm or a current2025incident. NamedAcklom/Humphreys cannotbeassumedfromthisexcerpt.
Reported caseYaitaman55 allegedlylostJPY17.41million afteraccountclaimingSingaporeanwomanintroducedcryptoinvestment; policeclassifySNSromance. Explicit2024December5firstmessagecanbecontactdate, notlossdate. Claimednationalitynotoperatorcountry; noactualcrypto-returnorcharge.
Reported casePadova report says two Nigerian residents were reported to authorities over web-lured women/400000EUR and complaints from several countries. Denunciati is reported/charged investigation, not necessarily arrested or convicted; nationality not operator residence, extorted colloquial financial loss not automatically sexual blackmail.
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