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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 | 591 | 591 | 100.0% |
| Feb 2025 | 1,629 | 1,629 | 100.0% |
| Mar 2025 | 561 | 561 | 100.0% |
| Apr 2025 | 390 | 390 | 100.0% |
| May 2025 | 398 | 398 | 100.0% |
| Jun 2025 | 209 | 209 | 100.0% |
| Jul 2025 | 522 | 522 | 100.0% |
| Aug 2025 | 447 | 447 | 100.0% |
| Sep 2025 | 613 | 613 | 100.0% |
| Oct 2025 | 483 | 483 | 100.0% |
| Nov 2025 | 392 | 392 | 100.0% |
| Dec 2025 | 333 | 333 | 100.0% |
| Jan 2026 | 530 | 530 | 100.0% |
| Feb 2026 | 1,106 | 1,106 | 100.0% |
| Mar 2026 | 360 | 360 | 100.0% |
| Apr 2026 | 491 | 491 | 100.0% |
| May 2026 | 785 | 785 | 100.0% |
| Jun 2026 | 842 | 842 | 100.0% |
| Jul 2026 | 1,143 | 1,143 | 100.0% |
| Aug 2026 | 640 | 640 | 100.0% |
| Sep 2026 | 638 | 638 | 100.0% |
| Oct 2026 | 30 | 30 | 100.0% |
Each record represents a source web page, not a verified incident. Different URLs can describe the same event. About these records.
Derrick Van Yeboah reportedly pleaded guilty in New York on 13 March 2026 over more than $10m in romantic fraud. The report places the wider organization in Ghana; a plea is not sentencing.
Reported caseA victim account concerns Rodney Roberts using dating apps and false stories to obtain money from women. The brief excerpt supplies no exact loss or court stage.
Reported caseCambodian police report 811 foreign arrests in a compound with romantic commodity-investment approaches and an organ-purchase pretext. Arrests and equipment seizure concern the mixed operation; no actual organ trafficking or coerced participation is established.
Reported caseA Cardiff report describes a sentence exceeding five years after three women lost nearly £50,000. Descriptive labels in the report are not clinical diagnoses.
Reported caseA short headline reports a guilty plea over $10m in romance fraud and a possible 20-year term. Possibility is not a sentence imposed.
Reported caseA Cardiff report describes a sentence exceeding five years after three women lost nearly £50,000. Descriptive labels in the report are not clinical diagnoses.
Reported caseNaabanyin Aniagyei-Cobbold reportedly used false dating profiles as part of a conspiracy and was sentenced. This excerpt gives no sentence length.
Reported caseA Connecticut story describes a $1.5m romance scheme and an official’s statement about financial and emotional harm. The summary supplies no individual diagnosis.
Reported caseJohannes describes losing savings through romantic investment fraud in a television programme. The observation is programme coverage, not proof of a new incident.
Reported caseUS reports describe a guilty plea in a ring involving romance fraud and business-email compromise. A possible 20-year sentence is not an imposed term.
Reported caseUS reports describe a guilty plea in a ring involving romance fraud and business-email compromise. A possible 20-year sentence is not an imposed term.
Reported caseA user describes Saga’s public alert app, including romance-scam notices among disaster and crime alerts. This is a personal account of use, not an evaluated preventive effect.
Prevention & supportNaabanyin Aniagyei-Cobbold reportedly received nine years in Des Moines and an order to repay over $1.5m. An order is not evidence that victims received money.
Reported caseA matchmaking membership scam requested NT$1m in a cash parcel. Police arrested two collectors and the court sentenced them for attempted group fraud. Mailing the parcel does not establish a completed loss.
Reported caseA Tochigi police interview describes single people and those with unhappy marriages as common targets. This is an attributed practitioner view; no sample or comparative risk estimate is provided.
Research & trendsA police interview concerns victim patterns and underreporting. The truncated excerpt supplies no underlying sample or quantified undercount.
Research & trendsIshikawa reports prevention DVDs reenacting several fraud types. Distribution and dramatization do not establish intervention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportTaichung police use AI-generated animal presenters in prevention videos about investment, shopping and romance fraud. AI here supports police communication; it is not evidence of AI-enabled offending or measured prevention success.
Prevention & supportA New York court report names Derrick Van Yeboah and an alleged loss over $10m. This short version does not specify a plea or imposed sentence.
Reported caseA prevention article discusses online-romance fraud and AI. The excerpt supplies no measured growth or tested protective effect.
Prevention & supportSaga police report a man losing about ¥45m in cryptocurrency after romantic messages and claimed investment returns. Relative dates are not assigned a year from observation time.
Reported caseA New York court report names Derrick Van Yeboah and an alleged loss over $10m. This short version does not specify a plea or imposed sentence.
Reported caseSouth Korean prosecutors reportedly charged men accused of working in a Myanmar-based romance-fraud operation. Charges are not convictions; nationality does not locate individual victims.
Reported caseSouth Korean prosecutors reportedly charged men accused of working in a Myanmar-based romance-fraud operation. Charges are not convictions; nationality does not locate individual victims.
Reported caseAndrew Polson is reported to appeal after imprisonment involving romance fraud and charity embezzlement. The £188,000 and outcomes remain attributed; an appeal is not acquittal.
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