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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% |
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The promotional-looking description explicitly describes perfect romance becoming a financial trap and loneliness as context. General discussion, not an independently verified victim or platform accusation.
CommentaryThe metadata explicitly explains online romantic contact combined with foreign-exchange platform fraud. General prevention discussion, not a verified individual case or an endorsement of recovery advertising.
Prevention & supportFamily testimony describes mother deceived by Kevin Costner impersonator; no loss amount or location established.
Reported caseThe metadata explicitly connects romance with an alleged fraudulent exchange and claimed loss/debt. This templated promotional-looking blog is topically relevant, but does not verify a victim, an accusation against the named platform or any recovery promise.
Reported casePromotional first-person account explicitly describes love and loss of assets through a purported platform scam; claims remain unverified.
Reported caseGeneral discussion explicitly includes romantic bait alongside paid-task fraud and criminal networks. Do not attribute the wider industry scale or all harms to romance scams.
Related mentionExplainer explicitly connects fake relationships, dating apps and cryptocurrency-investment fraud; no actual transfer coded.
Prevention & supportRetrospective Japanese case describes marriage inducement, theft, killing of a man demanding repayment, and final life sentence. Observation week is not necessarily event week.
Reported casePromotional identity-check guidance explicitly discusses summer romance scams; effectiveness or rise not independently verified.
Prevention & supportExplainer explicitly connects fake relationships, dating apps and cryptocurrency-investment fraud; no actual transfer coded.
Prevention & supportPolice disrupt app-based romance-fraud operation targeting single men with paid gifts and false meeting promises. Reported turnover is not assigned as a verified victim-loss total.
Reported caseThe metadata explicitly connects romance with an alleged fraudulent exchange and claimed loss/debt. This templated promotional-looking blog is topically relevant, but does not verify a victim, an accusation against the named platform or any recovery promise.
Reported caseThe promotional-looking description explicitly describes perfect romance becoming a financial trap and loneliness as context. General discussion, not an independently verified victim or platform accusation.
CommentaryThe metadata explicitly explains online romantic contact combined with foreign-exchange platform fraud. General prevention discussion, not a verified individual case or an endorsement of recovery advertising.
Prevention & supportThe metadata explicitly connects romance with an alleged fraudulent exchange and claimed loss/debt. This templated promotional-looking blog is topically relevant, but does not verify a victim, an accusation against the named platform or any recovery promise.
Reported caseThe description explicitly explains romance-investment deception through a false successful-person persona, sustained chats and trust. General mechanism discussion in promotional-looking material; no distinct victim or actual loss verified.
Prevention & supportShanghai police disrupt romance-fraud group using invented medical, rent and business-expense requests.
Reported caseThe promotional-looking description explicitly describes perfect romance becoming a financial trap and loneliness as context. General discussion, not an independently verified victim or platform accusation.
CommentaryAomori resident reports cash and cryptocurrency loss after dating-app relationship and foreign-exchange investment inducement.
Reported casePolice video-call verification exposes romance scam to 73-year-old man; no realized loss stated. Metadata establishes police help exposing deception, not a confirmed interrupted payment.
Reported caseFifty arrests reported in romance-fraud case using repeated invented medical, rent and business expenses. Do not infer actor identity solely from similarities.
Reported caseDescription links wedding plans and a vanished partner to a digital pig-butchering investment narrative; no verified loss or precise victim location.
CommentaryThe description explicitly explains romance-investment deception through a false successful-person persona, sustained chats and trust. General mechanism discussion in promotional-looking material; no distinct victim or actual loss verified.
Prevention & supportFirst-person stock-investment fraud account explicitly describes romantic inducement and claimed loss of USD 43,000; promotional narrative remains unverified.
Reported caseGeneral promotional warning about fake dating and extortion. Sexual bait is not evidence of sexual violence.
Prevention & support