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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 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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LA72 Kim bereaved/alone/lonely, false divorcedNY man stolenphoto/falseidentity,30000USD payment after asset-remittance/commission pretext. Police investigation reported; NY persona/Korea remittance destination not offenderlocation. Emotional warmth not clinical harm.
Reported caseBai online claimedmilitaryboyfriend romantic relationship, allegedly800000RMB loss after profitable investmentwebsite flaw story. Offeredreturns/investment actualsource; not country from militarypersona or true technical websitebug.
Reported caseKedah53female Facebook Jan26lastyear claimedYemenman love-scam nearly1millionMYR. Explicitsourceage but no operatorYemen/dayyear inference. RemoveKedah borrowed from fuller relatedsource; this ownversiononly53female/Yemenpersona/Facebook.
Reported caseKedahwoman near1millionMYR claimedloverrepaymentonarrivalformarriage. Promise notmoneyactuallyreturned, Malaysiafuturetravel notoffenderlocation.
Reported caseKedahwoman allegednearly1millionMYR love-scam syndicate/penniless. Notclinicalharm/courtconviction or foreignoffendercountry.
Reported caseKochiSNSinvestment/Romance >200000000JPY throughtApril mixedtotal allegedlyhalfpriorsameperiod. Cryptomethodsreportedaggregate notallindividualRomancepayments; partialyearnotfilled2025.
Research & trendsCarolinevanEck fakeDiCaprio financialromanticfraud45versus46sourceages, Netherlandsnationalitynotautomaticallyresidence. Differentheadlineallmoney/thousands not exactloss;127constantavailability claimnotautomaticallycoercion/clinicalharm,86threatsexplicitnotsexual. Allsavingsloss explicittitle, notfinancialquantification inownbody.
Reported caseCarolinevanEck fakeDiCaprio financialromanticfraud45versus46sourceages, Netherlandsnationalitynotautomaticallyresidence. Differentheadlineallmoney/thousands not exactloss;127constantavailability claimnotautomaticallycoercion/clinicalharm,86threatsexplicitnotsexual. Allsavingsloss explicittitle, notfinancialquantification inownbody.
Reported caseRetiredTexasman allegedly500000USD/401kcryptoloss fakeinvestmentgrowth, housesalepending/jobseeking. Offeredhouse notcompletedhomelessness/houseforeclosure; retirement-savingslossnotbusiness-theft and jobseekingnotestablishedemploymentloss. Correction: housing is a material-harm subtype under codebook1.1.0, not a separatecode; retain harm.material withheld for offerednotcompletedhouse-sale/job-seeking. Failedbuild wrote no frozenrelease.
Reported caseCarolinevanEck fakeDiCaprio financialromanticfraud45versus46sourceages, Netherlandsnationalitynotautomaticallyresidence. Differentheadlineallmoney/thousands not exactloss;127constantavailability claimnotautomaticallycoercion/clinicalharm,86threatsexplicitnotsexual. Menacée/threatened withoutownfinancialdemand doesnot independentlyestablish extortion; nosexualblackmail filled.
Reported caseCarolinevanEck fakeDiCaprio financialromanticfraud45versus46sourceages, Netherlandsnationalitynotautomaticallyresidence. Differentheadlineallmoney/thousands not exactloss;127constantavailability claimnotautomaticallycoercion/clinicalharm,86threatsexplicitnotsexual. Menacée/threatened withoutownfinancialdemand doesnot independentlyestablish extortion; nosexualblackmail filled.
Reported caseCarolinevanEck fakeDiCaprio financialromanticfraud45versus46sourceages, Netherlandsnationalitynotautomaticallyresidence. Differentheadlineallmoney/thousands not exactloss;127constantavailability claimnotautomaticallycoercion/clinicalharm,86threatsexplicitnotsexual. Allsavingsloss explicittitle, notfinancialquantification inownbody.
Reported caseKazuno60smale15000JPYelectronic-moneyrightsRomanceattempt formeeting. Attemptnotpaidfinancialloss/recovery, differKazuno70femaleactor suspicious email.
Prevention & supportFukuyama60sfemale5500000JPYthreepersonas SNSRomance retirementfund-holdingpretext. Threepersonasnotthreeactualoffenders, retiredmoneyoffer notthetargetretirementfundtotal orclinicalharm.
Reported caseFujiShizuoka60smaleSNSRomance11000000JPYcash afterclaimedfemale travel-savinginvestmentoffer. ApriltoMay sourcepartialnotfullcalendar, no cryptocurrencyactualtransfer/opcountry. Ownfemale-impersonating-personheadline explicitclaimedfalsepersona, actualoperatorsex/country notfilled.
Reported casePekingUniversitygraduateZhangCheng paidstreamerCheng2600000RMB duringclaimedromance, foundalreadyengaged afterreturn, Chifengpoliceinvestigation. Allegedprofitablegiftsonplatformnotallpaidcrypto/conviction oractualclinicalharm, sourcepromotionalidentitynotoperatorcountry.
Reported caseGermanfraudpartners LoveScamming/Heiratsschwindel warningplusgang-aidingindictmenttitle. Sparsecontextno400000Dresden/foursuspectbridgeborrowed orvictimloss/sentence. Current source-specific layer: All24 states/roles/dates assessed from exact own DPA context. Four men24–27 indictment/account assistance and>100 harmed/three Dresden/>400000EUR are reported source scopes; later source three men/one woman/39charged counts not silently corrected or additive. Formal charges completed, main proceeding not yet approved, no sentence/conviction/acquittal or requested four-year term imposed. June–September2024 arrests explicit range, normalized year only; observation not trial day. Source role division/account assistance not all protagonists principal romance perpetrators. No inferred nationality as operation country, clinical/other harm, crypto-transfer/recovery or independent court-file audit. Later quartet follow-up requires its own contextual rare bridge; unrelated2026 blind target not forced.
Prevention & supportDresden4men remand alleged400000EURLoveScamming prosecutorcase. Remandnotservedsentence/conviction, 400000 allegedfraudtotalnotrecoveredcash/actualoperatorcountryfromnationality. Ownprosecutoraccusation/pretrialcustody notexplicitformalindictment inshortmetadata; actualsamecase ntvfullbody chargecontext requiresseparatequalifiedcurrentrevision.
Reported caseJapanese columnistfriend reportsacquaintancepaidlargeunspecifiedsum never-metSNSlover. Anecdotenotverifieduniqueincident/currency/caseidentity ormeasuredtrend.
Related mentionHoogeveen manonline nonexistentwoman allegedlyPolishcolleague niece/tensofthousandseuros. Bankwarned aftertransfer notactualallfundsprevented/recovered, Polandpersona notoperatorPoland. Metadata insertedtimestampnotincidentday; source variants no name borrowed. Baretitle datingfraud doesnot stateonline/email/platform; narrowownfields retained.
Reported caseRyugasakimale3290000JPYRomance loss bareIbarakititle. No crypto/age/calendardate/clinicalorjusticefactfilled.
Reported caseAll24 states/roles/dates assessed. Own metadata almost3500000 assets at risk, intervention prevented scam, short-video acquaintance and named71-year-old Li remain source-attributed. Attempted amount not paid/returned; original blocked, no full China.com body claim. Adjacent gold-app/flirtation/liquidation/remote-bank details remain outside qualifying context, not China.com own theme evidence. No target clinical diagnosis from widowhood/living alone, completedcrypto, known formal identity fraud, universal case proof or observation-derived date. Own ShanghaiJingan describes target locality, not operator nationality; targetCN recorded from own excerpt only. Relative months stay unresolved.
Reported caseChanghuawoman490000NTDwithdrawalattempt afterromanticginsengcustoms/legislatorassistantpretext. Bankpoliceinterceptnotpaidrestitution/actualgovernmentbribery; fraudfee claimednotdrugmule orownmedicalharm.
Prevention & supportGunmaTomiokaShinonomeShimonitaJinguKumiko staffcommendingRomanceintercept.23own60smale100000JPYdating-apptransferattempt,98percentstaffjudgmentnotmeasuredclassifieraccuracy.103onlyshortbanksavedsource notownamountfilled. Financial attempt has a reported code-state; completedpaidloss is withheld in the note, not contradictorywhole harm.financial state.
Prevention & supportMisawa50sfemale17990000JPYcryptoRomance allegedKoreanmale TikTokevan45504→LINEKangMyeongHyeok. December2024earlycontact, Januaryshort25year eightpurchases13170000JPY distinctoverall17990000notextraallloss; purchasesnotalltargettransfersactualbodycutafter. PersonaKorean notoperations; fullavailableyearretainedonly. Use actualexplicitDecember2024 monthprecision supportedbyexistingparser; source上旬ごろ qualifier retained innotes. Do notforceyearprefixinsideChinesefullmonth orfillshort25年January.
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