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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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DOJ romance-bait crypto seizure8.2million plus woman660000 life-savings loss and additional300000 demand. Aggregate custody, single loss and subsequent request distinct; no funds returned to victims or all payments crypto.
Reported caseTaiwanMarch23–29 mixed dashboard total18億/3874, fake-dating/marriage4800plus萬元 subset versus stolenLINE1051萬元. Do not allocate full6163sum/allinvestmentloss to romance or sum subset into whole; no explicit year from observation.
Research & trendsNoida businessman seeks love online, woman lures him to trading-app investment and6.5crore loss. Occupation not employer-fund theft, paid loss not amount returned or clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseSaga50male200000JPY-equivalent cryptocurrency romance-investment loss, claimedofferincreaseincome. Source romance designation retained; no realJapaneseoperator, investmentprofit actuallyrealized or exactdatefromrelative28th.
Reported caseFundraiser for61male romance target who sent substantial cash; explicit shame/embarrassment attributed subject. Fundraiser launched not funds delivered or loss recovered; amount unavailable in own version.
Reported caseSandySelvan OxfordMichigan fakeMarkHarmon NCIS romance, nearly500000 plus car/home sale to fund scam. Sale not established homelessness or automatic debt; aggregate personal payment no refund. Source complaint ruinedlife not clinicaldiagnosis.
Reported caseAll24 states/roles assessed. Preserve existing own metadata and exact bounded22-word interpretation within25 allowance, without added publisher facts. Other unsupported offenses/outcomes, identity, country and event dates remain unknown or unreported. PriorU/raw evidence retained; no inferred true person, forensic certainty, unseen materials or case linkage.
Reported caseNorthernMichigan woman warns after20000 online-romance loss. Own sparse metadata no exact name/perpetrator, psychiatric diagnosis or actually recovered funds.
Reported caseChengdu man stole friend-circle pictures to pose as goddess, online-romance fraud over10000 and caught. Own title supports financial, impersonation/platform/arrest claims; no actual gender/person identity or criminal conviction independently verified.
Reported caseSenboku20male100000JPYelectronicmoney rights romance loss, collateralpretext. Source transfer mode notcryptocurrency or cashbankpayment; no diagnosis/recovery/exactdayyear inferred.
Reported caseTeacher reports escaping romance scam and warns others; unsettling prayer-room voice context without actual money amount, injury, confinement or psychiatric diagnosis. Precise financial/coercive harm remains unknown pending selected body. Whole original article read as separate qualified layer: initial metadata states prayer-room atmosphere only; current financial solicitation/distress/roles require evidence-bound revision before export, not silently added here. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Current teacher is anonymous; demanded bank loan was only pretended, no new loan or teacher payment established. Prior debt review is not new scam-caused debt; separate pension-loss police example is not her loss. Shame/fear of judgment is personal reluctance, not organizational refusal. Reported trauma is not medical diagnosis, and her separate car accident not scam-caused injury. Actual in-person first encounter and subsequent aunt WhatsApp role corrected after targeted original check. Claimed Burundi/royal/lecturer identities not actual origins or verified university role. October7 lastyear remains yearless. No formal forged documents, extortion, investment returns, actual court/arrest event, housing/employment harm, coerced scam work or refunded assets inferred. Warning/disclosure not measured prevention or professional service use.
Reported caseOxfordMichigan woman nearly500000 life savings loss to supposed NCIS actor/expected marriage. Personal loss not completed repayment; life savings wording not specific housing/clinical outcome in this short version.
Reported caseAomori70female158000JPY electronic-money rights loss in SNS romance involving TokyoSkaParadisepersona. Celebrity-name persona not actual celebrity perpetrator; no syntheticAI or actual Januarycalendar year assumed.
Reported caseSandySelvan/NCISMarkHarmon imposter and indescribable loss testimony. Exact loss amount or house/car sale not supplied in this saved version; source emotional distress/titlelife-savings supports attributed harm without diagnosis. Indescribableloss maydescribe financialseverity and ruinedlifehead doesnot establish a distinct explicit mentalstate; preserve distress unknown rather than inferclinical harm from large loss.
Reported caseSandySelvan/NCISMarkHarmon imposter and indescribable loss testimony. Exact loss amount or house/car sale not supplied in this saved version; source emotional distress/titlelife-savings supports attributed harm without diagnosis. Indescribableloss maydescribe financialseverity and ruinedlifehead doesnot establish a distinct explicit mentalstate; preserve distress unknown rather than inferclinical harm from large loss.
Reported caseMatsusaka40male100000JPY SNS/matching-app romance loss. Actualsource reported payment, no investmentcrypto/person identity/exact calendar date borrowed.
Reported caseProvo70male186000 romance scam under police investigation; claimed womanMaryland is persona residence, not actual operation location. Targeted seniors explicit, no diagnosis/recovery or real woman identity. ClaimedwomanMaryland identity/address is not independently established fabricated identity. Own clipped source does not spell impersonation subtype; keep role/persona details unknown pending body.
Reported caseCork fundraiser forman18000EUR romance loss/devastation. Proposed help notcompletedcompensation, noactualidentity/age fromother61maleversion.
Reported caseBromley nearlyone-millionGBP romance losses January2025. Attributed local total notallUK losses/percapita risk/eachvictimloss; duplicateURL versions not independentstudy.
Research & trendsTainan mall security/police prevent100000NTD request from supposed American officer/online lover. Attempted transfer distinct from municipal132interceptions/9936万元/177staff aggregate. US persona not operating country.
Reported caseSandySelvan/NCISMarkHarmon imposter and indescribable loss testimony. Exact loss amount or house/car sale not supplied in this saved version; source emotional distress/titlelife-savings supports attributed harm without diagnosis. Indescribableloss maydescribe financialseverity and ruinedlifehead doesnot establish a distinct explicit mentalstate; preserve distress unknown rather than inferclinical harm from large loss.
Reported caseHairdresser53 buys romance fraudster Porsche; man46takes almost90000EUR from plural women through falselove/wealth. Property transfer versus other cash aggregate not summed twice; no conviction, actualhousingloss or sourceclinicaldiagnosis.
Reported caseBromley nearlyone-millionGBP romance losses January2025. Attributed local total notallUK losses/percapita risk/eachvictimloss; duplicateURL versions not independentstudy.
Research & trendsChiayiChen online courtship lost910000plus, nanny-courier arrested after cooperation. OtherLai10000000 investment victim and138arrest/17groups regional totals distinct; not138romance arrests or all cash recovered.
Reported casePingtungHuang20 asked40000NTDpointcards as meeting deposit, shop worker/police prevent purchase. Attempt/request not completed cash loss, no actual meeting/sexual assault.
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