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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% |
Each record represents a source web page, not a verified incident. Different URLs can describe the same event. About these records.
A headline contrasts two Jiangsu women’s romance-scam experiences, including a ¥700,000 loss, and uses blaming language about ignoring warnings. Its ¥2,000 loss-stopping wording is ambiguous.
Reported caseA Sleman account describes employees pretending to be performers in sexual content. The excerpt establishes impersonation allegations, not an extortion demand.
Reported caseReports describe a Sleman/Yogyakarta love-scam business with differing turnover or income estimates. These estimates are attributed and not harmonized into a verified loss total.
Reported caseA headline describes dismantling a fake-dating app group targeting older single men. It provides no exact arrest or victim count.
Reported caseJogja police reportedly name six suspects in a Sleman love-scam business with turnover over Rp10bn per month. Turnover is not independently established loss or profit.
Reported caseNigerian airport police allege an international celebrity and romance fraud involving US victims and over N1bn. The allegation and currency conversion are attributed; arrest is not conviction.
Reported caseA report describes a fake-dating app network targeting older single men through paid functions and promises of meetings. The headline reports a disruption but no exact arrest count.
Reported caseA report describes a woman losing €6,500 after a Facebook contact feigned a relationship and financial emergencies. The description refers to a convicted person but gives no sentence.
Reported caseChino police describe a woman in her sixties losing over ¥6.94m after contact with a supposed astronaut and a marriage promise. The claimed asteroid sale is a pretext.
Reported casePolice report arresting a twenty-year-old in Lagos over alleged romance fraud. The headline amount remains an attributed allegation, not a judicial finding.
Reported caseYogyakarta police reportedly seek a suspected controller abroad after uncovering a Sleman love-scam operation. A search does not establish arrest or extradition.
Reported caseOtsu police report an eighty-year-old woman losing approximately ¥8m after a Facebook contact and LINE exchanges. The text does not independently verify the account.
Reported caseCommentary describes AI-generated video, voices or profiles in romance scams. It does not establish how often these methods occur.
CommentaryAn Italian report says Cristina Mattiuz receives two years for romantic fraud and alleges drugging her older husband to facilitate transfers. His separate 2024 death is not attributed to the alleged drugging.
Reported caseReports describe a Sleman/Yogyakarta love-scam business with differing turnover or income estimates. These estimates are attributed and not harmonized into a verified loss total.
Reported casePolice report uncovering an international love-scamming operation. Employee recollections and organizational allegations are not independently verified.
Reported caseA report says six suspects were detained in a Sleman scheme posing as online dating-app administrators. It does not establish conviction.
Reported caseAn airport-police headline reports arrest over an alleged billion-naira romance scam. Missing description details are not filled from another article.
Reported caseAn airport-police headline reports arrest over an alleged billion-naira romance scam. Missing description details are not filled from another article.
Reported caseReports describe a Sleman/Yogyakarta love-scam business with differing turnover or income estimates. These estimates are attributed and not harmonized into a verified loss total.
Reported caseA report describes a fake-dating app network targeting older single men through paid functions and promises of meetings. The headline reports a disruption but no exact arrest count.
Reported caseAn employee account describes four divisions and increasingly sexual content in a Sleman fake-dating application operation. Sexual content alone does not establish coercive sextortion.
Reported caseA Chinese-language report attributes two men’s combined ¥10.53m romance-scam losses to Yamagata reporting. The amount is for two experiences, not each individual.
Reported caseA Gironde report describes two women’s accounts after a man’s romantic-fraud conviction, including debt still being repaid three years later. Their allegations and the earlier conviction are not collapsed into one adjudicated finding.
Reported casePolice statistics combine several fraud categories, including SNS investment and romance fraud. These 2025 amounts are not romance-only losses or January 2026 incidents.
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