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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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YonabaruOkinawa SNSRomance2450000JPYworthcryptocurrency loss; claimedacquaintanceBankOfJapandeputy notactualofficialinvolvement/personacountry. Crypto explicitlyownheadline, notall other245mversion assumedpaidcrypto ornewoperatoridentity.
Reported caseYonabaru60male2450000JPY SNSRomance affection/closeness. Ownamountno explicitcryptopayment despitepossibleother245mreport, nonexactmonth/day andassumedoperatorcountryunknown.
Reported caseMoringen woman fakeBritishsinger internetRomance/visitpretext20000EUR mostlyprepaidcreditcards andAprilpolicereport. Notcrypto/realBritishoffender/actualGermanyvisit; earlyFebruaryandAprilwithoutstatedyear retainunknowncalendar.
Reported caseOnomichi woman60s about 45000000 JPY cryptocurrency romance loss, proposed shared overseas-trip funds. No actual travel completed, clinical distress or operator place inferred.
Reported caseKomando programme page includes Jean Midwest200000 romance loss and29-year possible prison exposure alongside unrelated tariff/delivery/AI items. Substantive named case description but audio not played; possible maximum not imposed sentence and AI gadget unrelated to scam.
Related mentionReported godfather suicide at67 after romantic fraud of480000 dollars (currency not guessed). Source causal association not medical proof or all-family account of detective two suicides; no actual bereavement-date inferred. Own half-million loss in description supports financial harm even without exact480000 headline.
Reported caseReported godfather suicide at67 after romantic fraud of480000 dollars (currency not guessed). Source causal association not medical proof or all-family account of detective two suicides; no actual bereavement-date inferred. Current source-specific layer: Anonymous family's condition attribution is not diagnosis or independent causality. Remortgage is not actual homelessness. No godfather name, persona-country assignment, enacted policy or measured preventive benefit.
Reported caseGranby detective reports two romance-fraud victims taking their lives over18months. Reported association not medically verified cause or same case as unnamed67-year-old/480000CAD counterpart; no dates/identity invented. Own explicit shock/disappointment, despair or upset-title expression supports attributed distress without diagnosis or clinical causation. Current source-specific layer: Two named victims stay distinct. Publication-page revision differs from URL date. No inferred 18-month calendar range, operator country, coroner verification or accommodation loss assigned to every named person.
Reported caseReported godfather suicide at67 after romantic fraud of480000 dollars (currency not guessed). Source causal association not medical proof or all-family account of detective two suicides; no actual bereavement-date inferred. Own half-million loss in description supports financial harm even without exact480000 headline.
Reported caseFrench source describes an Oklahoma woman accused of online romantic deceptions targeting elderly women and $1.5 million stolen. Aggregate source claim not single victim loss; no laundering, seizure or conviction inferred from other versions.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseStLouis County man admits forged student-visa documents and reportedly linked to $1 million romance-fraud scheme. Plea precisely visa fraud not necessarily guilty plea to whole romance scheme or personal victim loss. Current source-specific layer: Document/wire plea differs from disputed romance involvement. Intended loss, seized parcels and university benefits have different scopes; no imposed sentence, knowing romance participation or actual romantic target loss inferred. Later external sentence is not April knowledge. Current qualification: April plea to visa/wire offenses and denial of Romance participation remain distinct. Later external December41month sentence is not April source knowledge, a new GDELT URL or automatically counted direct follow-up; actual included counterpart required. Intended1m/seized94150/parcel counts/tuition49000 distinct, judgment not independently audited.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseKyoto Sakyo38 dating-app acquaintance offered joint investing; police investigate romance fraud and about 28000000 JPY crypto loss. Own designation supports context, not actual named woman/operator identity or conviction.
Reported caseOklahoma allegedly posed as men in fake romances; December2024 claimedJasonMorris oilvessel/Alaska barrel story asks elderly girlfriend120000USD. Request not already paid amount, oil/Alaska not actual scammer location,1.5million aggregate not single victim loss. Own convinced-to-send phrasing supports solicitation, not confirmed execution; official120000 bankinterception remains separate qualified layer. No sum of solicitation and held payment.
Reported caseOwn Oklahoma description says one victim sold her house to send $600,000; the other version also says another sent $40,000 in gift cards. Housing sale to fund payments not proof subsequent homelessness; no clinical diagnosis or actual money recovered. $1.5 million aggregate not single elderly woman loss.
Reported caseOtsu52 company manager lost about 93000000 JPY cryptocurrency through SNS romance/investment story. Occupation not employer-fund theft; last December without stated year not converted from observation.
Reported caseOklahoma allegedly posed as men in fake romances; December2024 claimedJasonMorris oilvessel/Alaska barrel story asks elderly girlfriend120000USD. Request not already paid amount, oil/Alaska not actual scammer location,1.5million aggregate not single victim loss. Own convinced-to-send phrasing supports solicitation, not confirmed execution; official120000 bankinterception remains separate qualified layer. No sum of solicitation and held payment.
Reported caseOklahoma allegedly posed as men in fake romances; December2024 claimedJasonMorris oilvessel/Alaska barrel story asks elderly girlfriend120000USD. Request not already paid amount, oil/Alaska not actual scammer location,1.5million aggregate not single victim loss. Own convinced-to-send phrasing supports solicitation, not confirmed execution; official120000 bankinterception remains separate qualified layer. No sum of solicitation and held payment.
Reported caseTanzi Lin76 isolated elder asked for 200000 NTD hospital-medicine funds by claimed Hong Kong woman and planned home sale. Land agent, tenant and police prevented sale. Requested cash and attempted property disposal distinct, no homelessness/completed loss/actual Hong Kong offender or doctor diagnosis.
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