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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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Liao alleged Taiwan-US romance network170millionNTD, airport interception/50million pink RMwatch seizure and accused denial. Total loss versus watchpurchase value are distinct, not summed; year-start not exact event year. No guilty verdict or completed restitution from headline.
Reported caseKeelungYeh57 alleged sweet-talk online male promises guaranteed crypto returns; planned480000NTD purchase nearly lost, bank spotted anomaly. Attempted financial extraction, not completed loss or actual crypto-transfer record; truncated bank paragraph does not independently prove final money interception. Guaranteed no-loss profit promise is explicit; planned crypto purchase remains attempted, not paid.
Reported casePoldaMetroJaya LoveScamming/onlineinvestments source reports hundreds-of-million IDR losses;19title423million exactsource,1hundreds-of-million threshold only. Emotionalmanipulation/romanticbait, no aggregate21times423million or actualguiltyfinding.
Reported caseSuffolk romance-fraud114reports/407000GBP lost aggregate. Source trend assertion not independent prevalence/person counts/comparable denominator, no exact incident window or all targets individuallyverified. Explicit Suffolk114reported incidents/407000GBP aggregate merits qualified statistics tag, not independent prevalence.
Research & trendsSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseCrescentCityPutnam woman loses money and car to falseJasonMomoa; daughter discloses to help others. Own financial/property andrelative statement, not realcelebrityoffender or actual medicaldiagnosis/confirmed returned assets.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseKiryu52 woman SNS-romance crypto loss5521280JPY from fullertruncatedbody,552million notinferred fromunits. Affinity fraud sourceframe, no charge/actualoperatorlocation. 552万1280 is5,521,280JPY, not552million; truncated transfer clause remains attributed source loss.
Reported caseBunschoten-Spakenburg33 arrested suspected dating fraud with five women/45000EUR borrowed money from dating/social contacts. Investigation end2024; June19year not guessed. Prior borrowing pretext not actual target indebtedness, five harmed people not five independent verified cases. Investigation beginning end2024 is explicit; borrowed money here does not establish target debt.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseAomori60woman Instagram/LINEFujiiShuclaimedTaiwanmale/uncle-stockinfo300000JPYfraud; later60000fromunknownaccount. Incomingmoney notactualnetrefund orprovenmoney-muling/currentrepeatrequest because sentenceends. No Taiwanoperatorcountry oryearfilled forpartialMarch/May.
Reported caseToride male romance-fraud loss6.96millionJPY headline only. No body/persona/date/age or charge; keep financial loss source claim, no merge by amount/location alone.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseSunshine Coast110000 woman/Saskatchewan53/MapleCreek reported romance-fraud arrest, named MichaelPaulSnow only own fuller variant. Own reported financial/arrest scope retained, not precise charge/June24year/2026trial status borrowed. Later originalRCMP receipt supports separate source qualification.
Reported caseYanai40 male healthworker SNS-affinity romance fraud80000JPY electronic-money rights. Loss reported; job not clinical capacity/risk cause, separate70Yanai100000 from age/amount/persona.
Reported caseKagoshima police adult-ika-no-osushi prevention campaign includes mixed telephone/SNS-investment/romance220reports and937millionJPY by May end. Different mixed count/financial denominator, not all romance; no independent prevention efficacy. Partial lastOctober/thisFebruary not calendar-dated from observation. Source-specific mixed aggregate campaign statistics explicitly reviewed; not all220romance incidents.
Prevention & supportOdate50s woman SNS romance/investment fraud7000000JPY, sourcecashloss. Returns beforemorepayments arefictitious display? Owntitleprofitsquoted anddepositrepeated, actualnetloss sourceclaimed. No exactperson/date/medicalcause.
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