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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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Sapporo60male SNS false-woman Romance and crypto-investment offer. Actual reported cashloss and investigation only where own snippet states it. Offer of crypto trading is not cryptocurrency payment: designated bank transfers remain cash; 10transfers not10victims or proof repeated requests. Own thresholds/406million/relative lastNovember–May20 differ; no exact amount, year or procedural fact supplied to a sparser version.
Reported caseMumbai dating-app bait into hefty restaurant bills; five young men and earlier sting report. Financial-bill request, not own proof all paid/convicted, exact year from relative one-year-ago, or same police operation as another month. Financial request/bill source states requested money, not property taken or an attempted payment automatically. Explicit requested-stage override corrects legacy Fpr alias default.
Reported caseSanGemini25000EUR Romance loss headline and five people referred at liberty on money-laundering allegation. Referral/investigation not arrest, conviction or completed formal court charge. Five versus six in other versions preserved, not forced count.
Reported caseSapporo60male SNS false-woman Romance and crypto-investment offer. Actual reported cashloss and investigation only where own snippet states it. Offer of crypto trading is not cryptocurrency payment: designated bank transfers remain cash; 10transfers not10victims or proof repeated requests. Own thresholds/406million/relative lastNovember–May20 differ; no exact amount, year or procedural fact supplied to a sparser version.
Reported caseSapporo60male SNS false-woman Romance and crypto-investment offer. Actual reported cashloss and investigation only where own snippet states it. Offer of crypto trading is not cryptocurrency payment: designated bank transfers remain cash; 10transfers not10victims or proof repeated requests. Own thresholds/406million/relative lastNovember–May20 differ; no exact amount, year or procedural fact supplied to a sparser version.
Reported caseSapporo60male SNS false-woman Romance and crypto-investment offer. Actual reported cashloss and investigation only where own snippet states it. Offer of crypto trading is not cryptocurrency payment: designated bank transfers remain cash; 10transfers not10victims or proof repeated requests. Own thresholds/406million/relative lastNovember–May20 differ; no exact amount, year or procedural fact supplied to a sparser version.
Reported caseSapporo60male SNS false-woman Romance and crypto-investment offer. Actual reported cashloss and investigation only where own snippet states it. Offer of crypto trading is not cryptocurrency payment: designated bank transfers remain cash; 10transfers not10victims or proof repeated requests. Own thresholds/406million/relative lastNovember–May20 differ; no exact amount, year or procedural fact supplied to a sparser version.
Reported caseSanGemini five money-laundering referrals linked to social-media Romance fraud;170 own25000EUR loss,171 no own amount. Referral allegation not arrest/conviction, no automatic correction to six in other reports.
Reported caseMixed-prefecture SNS investment/Romance Jan–September1.66billionJPY/2.5x plus one approximately15million romance example. Historical interval lacks own calendar year; not 2025 Jan–Sept or all aggregate Romance.
Research & trendsYuzawa60male18.95millionJPY SNS Romance and restaurant-reservation side-job lure. Paid loss, job promise not investment offer or evidence target committed an offence.
Reported caseSanJuan alleged false social relationship lasting two years/around7million unspecifiedcurrency; criminal proceeding formalized. Source proceeding investigated, not completed conviction, guessed AR/PR jurisdiction or cash recovery.
Reported caseMiaoli Houlong Chen TikTok Romance bank intercept attempted900USD. Truncated foreign account detail not operating country; no paidloss/returnedmoney.
Reported caseMiaoli Houlong male TikTok false UN doctor assistant, marriage/airfare pretext; bank and family/police prevent900USD≈27000NTD transfer. Attempt not paid loss or recovery, foreign persona not operator geography.
Reported caseWestMercia regional over3millionGBP Romance losses separate national21976dating reports2022/23–2024/25. Different geographic/period denominators, no all-national-cases regional, unique-incidents or current2025 prevalence.
Research & trendsMiaoli Houlong male TikTok false UN doctor assistant, marriage/airfare pretext; bank and family/police prevent900USD≈27000NTD transfer. Attempt not paid loss or recovery, foreign persona not operator geography.
Reported caseHusum reported affection-exploitation large cashloss and police LoveScamming warning. Danish/English language not Denmark victim location, sparse19 no age/amount filled from22. German Husum69/highfivefigure context requires individual-source geographic precision, not place-word match alone.
Reported caseUS woman with serious pre-existing illness deceived by fake JacksonWang/GOT7 virtual Romance and4000USD loss. Illness is source-stated prior circumstance, not fraud-caused physical harm or a diagnosis inferred. Distinct target/name evidence needed for other Kpop amounts. Serious illness is stated prior circumstance, not evidence offender explicitly selected her for illness; use unspecified context subtype rather than targeting strategy.
Reported caseNorthWales over2millionGBP dating-scam losses over three years, hundreds reportedly affected. Four URL copies not independent regional studies or distinct cases; no world prevalence/year invented.
Research & trendsNumata49female nurse12.36millionJPY false shared retirement-fund plan/affection. Cashloss/trust, but retirement future alone not specific investment returns/crypto offer. Nurse profession not medical harm.
Reported caseHusum reported affection-exploitation large cashloss and police LoveScamming warning. Danish/English language not Denmark victim location, sparse19 no age/amount filled from22. German Husum69/highfivefigure context requires individual-source geographic precision, not place-word match alone.
Reported caseNorthWales over2millionGBP dating-scam losses over three years, hundreds reportedly affected. Four URL copies not independent regional studies or distinct cases; no world prevalence/year invented.
Research & trendsPaderborn police investigating series of violent robberies linked to mysugardaddy dating scam, urging victims report. Reported violence/robbery is not clinical injury, proved sexual harm or homicide; no number arrested/convicted. Selective original police check requested.
Reported caseNorthWales over2millionGBP dating-scam losses over three years, hundreds reportedly affected. Four URL copies not independent regional studies or distinct cases; no world prevalence/year invented.
Research & trendsAkita50female26millionJPY SNS Romance; own investment-offer headline supports investment, not crypto payment or exact calendar year.
Reported casePongau64female17kEUR false USgeneral/blockedaccount Romance versus Flachgau40female80k task/product-review job fraud. Distinct targets/schemes;97k not Romance aggregate, crypto in task case not first-case crypto payment, US persona not actual operator country. Romance17k loss is in own headline; description80k relates separate Flachgau task victim. Bind financial code to correct Romance source field, retain mixed-scheme qualification.
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