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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 | 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% |
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Frederick Kumi, known as Abu Trica, reportedly appeared at Gbese District Court on 25 February 2026 and was remanded after re-arrest. Custody is not a sentence or conviction.
Reported caseA television schedule promotes a programme on romantic financial exploitation. It records media coverage, not a new scam or known audience impact.
Related mentionA television schedule promotes a programme on romantic financial exploitation. It records media coverage, not a new scam or known audience impact.
Related mentionAn unnamed Telford suspect denies romance-fraud allegations involving seven women and £500,000. The denial and estimate are preserved; a court appearance is not conviction.
Reported caseAn unnamed Telford suspect denies romance-fraud allegations involving seven women and £500,000. The denial and estimate are preserved; a court appearance is not conviction.
Reported caseA programme announces discussion of phishing, identity and love scams. The listing is coverage of a topic, not a new incident or evaluated prevention intervention.
Related mentionA Maharashtra report alleges multiple false professional identities, 50 women and a one-crore love scam. The headline’s police-station metaphor does not itself establish arrest or conviction.
Reported caseCoverage of OpenAI’s threat report describes account bans involving romance fraud alongside unrelated influence and law-enforcement misuse. The account bans are company actions, not criminal findings.
Research & trendsTwo headline variants describe nearly $1m lost after two months of romance. The loss and warning language remain attributed; one version adds New York while the other does not.
Reported caseTwo headline variants describe nearly $1m lost after two months of romance. The loss and warning language remain attributed; one version adds New York while the other does not.
Reported caseCambodian authorities reportedly detained 81 foreign nationals and dismantled over 200 networks. These are different units and the mass-departure claim is not a count of arrested people or coerced workers.
Reported caseAn unnamed Telford suspect denies romance-fraud allegations involving seven women and £500,000. The denial and estimate are preserved; a court appearance is not conviction.
Reported caseAn unnamed Telford suspect denies romance-fraud allegations involving seven women and £500,000. The denial and estimate are preserved; a court appearance is not conviction.
Reported caseA report describes mixed scam activity in Cambodia and Laos and cites a US aggregate loss estimate. The amount is not romance-only and the location describes operations, not victims.
Research & trendsMutsu police report a woman’s ¥1.3m loss after TikTok and LINE contact and crypto-investment proposals. The excerpt describes cash transfers; it does not establish that she personally transferred cryptocurrency. An apparent account profit is not money recovered.
Reported caseA commentary explains AI tools in romance fraud. Its claims about greater danger and detectability are not measured comparisons in the retained text.
CommentaryGonohe police report ¥273,000 lost by a man who contacted a supposed female celebrity, including repeated gift-card requests. A request to receive purported bank funds is insufficient to establish actual money-mule activity.
Reported caseA Bungo-Ono headline reports a man in his fifties losing ¥3.42m in a romance scam involving supposed resale of nine-eyed beads. The generic site description is not additional case evidence.
Reported caseA discussion of OpenAI’s seven misuse cases includes emotional/romantic fraud alongside influence operations. It does not establish that the political actors ran the romance scheme.
Related mentionLeslie Mba reportedly received 19 years in a case described as involving romance and immigration fraud. The short report does not disentangle the counts or loss allocation.
Reported caseAn unnamed suspect denies romance-fraud allegations. Versions give different totals and six or seven women; preserve the discrepancy rather than harmonizing it or assuming guilt.
Reported caseLeslie Mba reportedly received 19 years in a report combining fraudulent residency marriages, romance fraud and business-email compromise. The brief version does not disentangle the legal counts or all losses.
Reported caseCoverage of OpenAI’s threat report describes account bans involving romance fraud alongside unrelated influence and law-enforcement misuse. The account bans are company actions, not criminal findings.
Research & trendsAn unnamed suspect denies romance-fraud allegations. Versions give different totals and six or seven women; preserve the discrepancy rather than harmonizing it or assuming guilt.
Reported caseMutsu police report an older woman’s ¥1.3m loss after SNS contact. The truncated description does not establish an investment mechanism.
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