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www.liverpoolecho.co.ukEnglishObserved 2025-06-06

He told his girlfriend that his mum was dead but he was lying

AndrewNew/Liverpool36 falsemotherdeath funeralcash fromonlinegirlfriend/anotherpartner over15000GBP. Financialdeception withinintimatecontacts, repeateddifferentpartnernotrepeat targetingofsamevictim; sparseversions noownname/age/amountfilledfromfuller source. Noclinicalharm/fakeactualmotherdeath orcriminalconvictioninvented. Two differentpartners/PlentyOfFish inownsource; falseemergencytrustpretext not necessarily fabricatedentirerelationship/serialsamevictimrepeat.

Reported case
www.oregonlive.comEnglishObserved 2025-06-05–2025-06-06

Fake billionaire gets prison for $1.9M romance scam in Oregon

NamedOscarPetersBritish falsebillionaire/contesteddivorce datingwebsite Oregon1.9millionRomanceprisonsentence headline. No own37monthtermfilled, transferredfunds not recoveredassets; wealth/divorcepersona notprovedtrueorvictimbereavement.

Reported case
www.dailymail.co.ukEnglishObserved 2025-06-06

Fraudster scammed girlfriend out of £15k for mother's fake funeral

AndrewNew/Liverpool36 falsemotherdeath funeralcash fromonlinegirlfriend/anotherpartner over15000GBP. Financialdeception withinintimatecontacts, repeateddifferentpartnernotrepeat targetingofsamevictim; sparseversions noownname/age/amountfilledfromfuller source. Noclinicalharm/fakeactualmotherdeath orcriminalconvictioninvented. Ownsource financialamount inheadline, fakefuneral trustpretextinbody. No explicitonlinecontact inthisvariant; falseemergency notprooffabricatedrelationship/impersonatedidentity.

Reported case
www.saga-s.co.jpJapaneseObserved 2025-06-05

SNS型ロマンス詐欺が発生 60代男性が287万円被害 50代女性が48万円の被害 小城市 | 事件・事故 | 佐賀県のニュース | 佐賀新聞

Ogi60male2870000JPY5transfers afterfalsedating-appwoman sharedfuturecryptooffer; headlinealso50woman480000 differenttargetwhosecontextnotgiven. Mixedtwo-targetsource notonecombinedloss/independentvictimproof, partialdatesyearunknown. Crypto-trading/returnoffer not cryptocurrency payment: source reports transfers todesignatedaccounts. Preserve actualmoneyloss, romance/investment mechanism andseparate partialdates without inventedpaymentcurrency.

Reported case
www.topics.or.jpJapaneseObserved 2025-06-04

SNSでうその資産運用、70代男性が7千万円超だまし取られる 徳島県内で「SNS型投資・ロマンス詐欺」の被害相次ぐ|社会,徳島の話題|徳島ニュース|徳島新聞デジタル

Tokushima70male74480000cashfalseassetmanagement plusNaruto50female19360000e-money personalSNScontact, sourcecategorizesmixedinvestment/Romance. Two differenttargets/subschemes, notsumRomance/netloss norpersonacountryverified; generalSNSumbrella retained.

Reported case
www.ghanamma.comEnglishObserved 2025-06-04

Dada Joe accused of 2.9 million fraud - Ghanamma.com

DadaJoeBoateng alleged2.9millionRomancescam/elderlySierraVistaArizona manApril2021FBIstatement. Targetnowdeceased notfraud-causeddeath/homicide/suicide; officialdocumentsattribution notoriginalcasefileinspected or conviction.

Reported case
www.chinatimes.comChinese (traditional)Observed 2025-06-04

北市督學遇「戀愛陷阱」遭詐2千萬 意外揭發詐團黑吃黑 - 社會

Taipei educationbureau supervisor allegedRomance/falsehighcrypto returns, mortgagedproperty andover20millionNTD loss. Mortgage debt not proof houseforeclosed; gang-on-gang coerciveviolence partialdescription not physicalharmofRomancetarget. Crypto promised investment/highreturns doesnot establish cryptocurrency payment. Actual cashmortgagedebt/overallloss remains source-specific; no houseforeclosure inferred.

Reported case
1025wowcountry.comEnglishObserved 2025-06-04

Cumberland County Man Falls for Online Love Scam

CumberlandCounty male reportedlylost over1000dollars onlinelovescam, sheriffsattributiontruncated. Ownsource no state/country, exactsum, personalidentity/charge orrecovery.

Reported case
www.tvguide.co.ukEnglishObserved 2025-06-03

Catfish: Scammed

CatfishScammedCodyBrittany S8E84 programmefollowswomanreceiverofhisthousandsdollars. Factualinvestigativeportrayal/attributedmoneyflow notindependentlyprovedfraud/clinicalharm ornewincidentfromairingJune3; noexactsum/country.

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wapa.tvSpanishObserved 2025-06-03

Cobran fuerza estafas amorosas a personas mayores

Humacao78woman allegesRomancefraud afterover6000dollars paidto male. Owndescriptiontruncated, allegationnot courtguilt/medicalcapacity orverifiedreturnedmoney; placeownsource keptwithout guessedcountryalias.

Reported case