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Distinct included URLs matching these filters in each observation month. Select a point to explore its records. On small screens, scroll the chart horizontally.
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 2024 | 443 | 443 | 100.0% |
| Feb 2024 | 685 | 685 | 100.0% |
| Mar 2024 | 391 | 391 | 100.0% |
| Apr 2024 | 487 | 487 | 100.0% |
| May 2024 | 519 | 519 | 100.0% |
| Jun 2024 | 303 | 303 | 100.0% |
| Jul 2024 | 545 | 545 | 100.0% |
| Aug 2024 | 352 | 352 | 100.0% |
| Sep 2024 | 387 | 387 | 100.0% |
| Oct 2024 | 493 | 493 | 100.0% |
| Nov 2024 | 496 | 496 | 100.0% |
| Dec 2024 | 565 | 565 | 100.0% |
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Own Janet Smith62/Colchester Essex and source-described scammer from Nigeria retained as literal identity/place wording, not nationality-to-operation country mapping. No UK/country coding, event year, paid cash, repeated payment sequence, threat, clinical harm or verified identity beyond own allegations.
Reported caseThis full own URL was inspected separately; identical text is not owner-receipt reuse or an extra incidence claim. Admission does not establish guilty plea, sentence or finality. No individual financial loss, explicit year, case-country or romantic false-persona process beyond label.
Reported caseOwn QuickCountry full metadata inspected; identical text does not create a new incident or establish actual receipt reuse. Admission is not explicit court plea; justice insufficient. No paid personal loss, detailed relationship mechanism, unemployment outcome, ISO currency, country or calendar year.
Reported caseOwn Janet Smith statement supplies late-night messages, not insomnia/diagnosis, extortion or repeated financial-payment sequence. No age62/Colchester/Nigeria from another URL, no actual transfer, country or event year. Repeated messages before a reported payment are not repeat exploitation after loss.
Reported caseWants to help others is prospective intent, not demonstrated support delivery or effectiveness. Relationship method and digital function are insufficient: online scammers alone supplies neither. Life savings is financial loss, not proof of homelessness, clinical harm or suicide. No national country from Cheshire/BBC or event year from publication.
Reported caseNo formal guilty plea imported from URL slug. Own relationship financial-confidence mechanism is insufficient. Bankruptcy does not independently establish workers losing employment, housing or basic needs. Minnesota and broadcaster location do not establish a national country; no event year or independent case count.
Reported caseDescription stops at growing closeness. Work-help/profit invitation plus romance label does not complete relationship-to-investment sequence; SNS meeting/contact alone insufficient for technical facilitation. Police announcement is not itself an investigation. March/9th have no explicit year; Akita/Nikaho are not national-country proxies. Do not complete the clipped sentence from another URL.
Reported caseOwn text ends at closeness with an ellipsis. Do not borrow relationship-led investment, payment sequence or SNS functional steps from another report. Work-help/profit phrase is not sufficient investment mechanism. Police announcement is not an investigation; no year from March/9th, country from region or confirmed distinct-case identity.
Reported caseRomance-scam label does not supply own money act/amount or intimate/digital mechanism. Ikoyi/Lagos judicial seat is local jurisdiction evidence; do not turn outlet Information Nigeria/domain into national core-country fact. No crimeyear from URL/publication or prison duration, actual assets, support, second proceeding or inferred service.
Reported caseEmpty description. Jails alone does not distinguish remand, imposed term, conviction or service; justice insufficient rather than a sentence inferred. Romance label supplies no paid/requested amount or specific romantic technique. No Nigeria from EFCC/domain, calendar year, guilt, biography, asset seizure or support.
Reported caseBBC investigation here is journalism, not police enforcement; interviewing an alleged former boss is not victim assistance/reporting. Own love-trap label lacks actual courtship/persona steps, so relationship insufficient. No investment, forced work from园区, technical features, event year or country from BBC/language.
Reported caseOwn woman nearly fell victim during stay in Calpe; no amount, actual payment or specific financial demand/false intimacy/communication steps. Deutsche nationality and Calpe stay are not country codes; no Spain/Germany proxy or event year from URL. No actual completed financial loss, clinical harm or protective asset intercept beyond vague near-scam.
Prevention & supportKeep aggregate mechanism general and bounded sentence proceeding single. No actual name or prison term imported from other reports. Online is not a specified technical function. Former Mass./New Bedford residence and .com do not establish a national country; no explicit act year.
Reported caseEmpty description. SNS investment/romance-fraud labels and 多発 prevalence claim do not establish money amount, intimate approach, relationship-led investment, technical function or verified trend denominator. Police location is no operational action; no Japan/year inferred from outlet, region or publication.
Research & trendsPrior criminal-record parenthesis is historical, not a new current charge/conviction; current justice details insufficient. 騙色 does not establish sexual violence/force or injury. Residents security concern is not a target mental-health diagnosis. Six-year flight is not six-year scam period or repeat-targeting proof. 台版 genre comparison and local district names do not establish core national country; March/relative dates no explicit actyear. No technology from 網路 tag, money amount, recovery or case-count inference.
Reported caseOwn retiredofficer蔡 and柯 met at adult-entertainment venue; 尪ㄟ and source可能是掉進愛情詐騙案 do not prove fabricated intimacy or actual cousinhood, so relationship insufficient. Retired police role not enforcement participant in scam; no institutional misconduct, sex violence, fixeddeposit loss, refund/certifiedblock, Taiwan from Taichung or explicit year.
Reported caseOwn Chukwunonso“Douglas”Umegbo named. Wire fraud umbrella does not prove another distinct harmful act beyond romance fraud or a specific digital transfer method. No paid victim loss, relationship details, nationality/country from name/NewBedford/U.S.Attorney, calendar year or completed sentence service.
Reported caseDescription ends at meeting someone at singing dinner: no complete intimate deception, financial approach or digital function. Enforcement action detail insufficient, not automatically investigation/arrest. Retired police/69age is not employment harm or vulnerability. No currentcountry from Taichung, actual year from URL/publication, actor identity completed from another URL, diagnosis or money return.
Reported caseOwn financial act/amount/intimate procedure unavailable; no offence year from URL or prison duration. Ikoyi/Lagos are local court-seat facts, not national country from .ng/outlet. No actual money recovery, police action, operator identity beyond own name, mechanism details or case union from other URLs.
Reported caseRestitution, forfeiture, false identity and bank-account details appear only in the URL and are not promoted into substantive own title/description findings. No event year supplied.
Reported caseThe five months have no calendar endpoints. A £20k-style amount is not borrowed from the URL. Callous describes the alleged offender, not blame directed at the harmed woman. Illness is a claimed pretext, not verified disease.
Reported caseNo bank freeze, seizure, compensation, return, victim count, country or event year is supplied. Court setting does not establish finality or conviction.
Reported caseRetain own €225,000 independently of another URL’s €255,000 alleged proceeds. No automatic case union, country, calendar year, seized money or restitution.
Reported caseThe trailing talvolta… is clipped and supplies no additional harm. No named cases, completed loan amounts, dates, country proxy or specific missing final clause are supplied.
Prevention & supportHousing-market downturn is unanchored background, not a calendar year or causal finding. Intermediary/loan keywords do not establish a network, debt amount or criminal role division.
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