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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 | 263 | 591 | 44.5% |
| Feb 2025 | 405 | 1,629 | 24.9% |
| Mar 2025 | 291 | 561 | 51.9% |
| Apr 2025 | 121 | 390 | 31.0% |
| May 2025 | 113 | 398 | 28.4% |
| Jun 2025 | 82 | 209 | 39.2% |
| Jul 2025 | 132 | 522 | 25.3% |
| Aug 2025 | 129 | 447 | 28.9% |
| Sep 2025 | 161 | 613 | 26.3% |
| Oct 2025 | 128 | 483 | 26.5% |
| Nov 2025 | 118 | 392 | 30.1% |
| Dec 2025 | 91 | 333 | 27.3% |
| Jan 2026 | 523 | 530 | 98.7% |
| Feb 2026 | 1,101 | 1,106 | 99.5% |
| Mar 2026 | 358 | 360 | 99.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 485 | 491 | 98.8% |
| May 2026 | 779 | 785 | 99.2% |
| Jun 2026 | 594 | 842 | 70.5% |
| Jul 2026 | 658 | 1,143 | 57.6% |
| Aug 2026 | 272 | 640 | 42.5% |
| Sep 2026 | 147 | 638 | 23.0% |
| Oct 2026 | 8 | 30 | 26.7% |
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Ofunato police report arresting a 66-year-old monk from Kushiro on suspicion of concealing romance-fraud proceeds. Allegations and reported admissions are not a conviction. The most detailed account distinguishes the specific transfer from an aggregate of repeated laundering.
Reported caseA short headline reports a Tsukuba man losing the equivalent of ¥9.92m in SNS romance fraud. The payment mechanism is not supplied.
Reported caseAn Irish court rules a Cork house was bought with proceeds of romantic fraud. This asset-related ruling and a referenced separate Australian conviction are distinct proceedings.
Reported caseAn Irish court rules a Cork house was bought with proceeds of romantic fraud. This asset-related ruling and a referenced separate Australian conviction are distinct proceedings.
Reported caseA headline says a 17-year-old girl’s pictures were stolen and sold for use in online romantic fraud. The person whose image was taken is not necessarily a financial target.
Reported caseOfunato police report arresting a monk suspected of concealing romance-fraud proceeds. Identifying details cut off in this excerpt are not supplied from longer reports.
Reported caseA Zwickau widow reportedly gave an online partner access to her account and later faced court. The excerpt does not establish her precise offense or a conviction.
Reported caseKassel police warn after a reported romance-fraud loss. The short metadata gives no amount or evaluated outcome.
Reported caseTochigi police discuss combined SNS investment and romance-fraud figures and prevention. Provisional totals are not romance-only, and the interview does not test advice effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA report announces a flight to bring 73 Korean suspects back from Cambodia. Announced transport is not completed extradition.
Reported caseA woman reportedly receives a partly suspended 20-month sentence after impersonation of a UN doctor and losses reported at €120,000. A partly suspended term is not all immediate imprisonment.
Reported caseOfunato police report arresting a 66-year-old monk from Kushiro on suspicion of concealing romance-fraud proceeds. Allegations and reported admissions are not a conviction. The most detailed account distinguishes the specific transfer from an aggregate of repeated laundering.
Reported caseA 54-year-old woman describes romantic fraud in testimony at Korneuburg court. Her preceding difficult circumstances are not silently classified as a diagnosed harm caused by the fraud.
Reported caseShizuoka police say a romance-fraud investigation led to three arrests for allegedly unlicensed lending. The lending offense is not silently reclassified as the romance-fraud charge.
Reported caseA headline describes an attempted swindle against a woman met through a dating app using a marijuana-in-bag pretext. It does not establish actual drug transport.
Reported caseA 67-year-old woman reportedly loses approximately €69,000 and retirement savings to an online romantic impostor. Repeated coverage is not additional victims.
Reported caseSeventeen Taiwanese suspects are returned from Cebu after an earlier raid on a romance-fraud operation. Deportation and investigation are not completed convictions.
Reported caseA 67-year-old woman reportedly loses approximately €69,000 and retirement savings to an online romantic impostor. Repeated coverage is not additional victims.
Reported caseA report describes returning seventeen Taiwanese suspects from the Philippines in mixed romance and investment fraud. Its estimated victims and amounts cannot be treated as romance-only totals.
Reported caseA man reportedly receives prison for an online-dating scheme taking $500,000, with authorities describing many targets as recently widowed older people. This targeting description is not a population-risk comparison.
Reported caseKanzaki police report a man losing about ¥2.7m after affectionate messages and a purported gold-trading app. Promised returns are not genuine income.
Reported caseAccounts describe a 67-year-old woman losing around €69,000 to an online romantic partner and expecting to work into old age. The future employment burden is attributed, not an observed life-course outcome.
Reported caseTaipei police stop a man transferring NT$1.4m after an online contact becomes his purported girlfriend and promises risk-free cryptocurrency investment.
Reported caseSeventeen Taiwanese suspects are returned from Cebu after an earlier raid on a romance-fraud operation. Deportation and investigation are not completed convictions.
Reported caseIndonesian immigration reporting describes an alleged AI-assisted romance-fraud network. Detention and threatened penalties are not convictions.
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