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| 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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網戀1個月匯5萬給網路女友！果然是騙局 金門警銀聯手阻詐 | ETtoday社會新聞 | ETtoday新聞雲
Kinmen bank staff and police reportedly stopped a NT$50,000 transfer to an online girlfriend. Despite headline wording suggesting payment, the description says it was intercepted.
Reported caseUSA : un Nigérian condamné à 19 ans de prison pour une arnaque sentimentale de 4 millions $ - La Nouvelle Tribune
The headline says Leslie Chinedu Mba received 19 years, while the description refers to a decision expected on 26 February in a Texas romance and business-email-fraud case. Preserve the timing mismatch; no complete date is inferred.
Reported caseMajor Romance Scam Network Dismantled in Phnom Penh
A short headline says a romance-fraud network was dismantled in Phnom Penh. It supplies no numbers of arrests, victims or losses.
Reported caseニセ警察詐欺だけで被害額1121億円！ SNS型投資/ロマンス詐欺で1827億円騙し取られている
An account of 2025 Japanese police statistics distinguishes special fraud from combined SNS investment/romance losses. Neither total is romance-only and they should not be combined with individual reports.
Research & trends電子マネー利用券27万円余り分被害／五戸署発表
Gonohe police report a man in Aomori losing ¥273,000 in electronic-money vouchers. The short version supplies no completed investigation or recovery.
Reported caseOpenAI report reveals shocking misuse of ChatGPT: Dating frauds, influence campaigns and more
Coverage 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 & trends聽眾分享「戰地護士」情緣還想金援180萬 電台主持人揭穿騙局 | ETtoday社會新聞 | ETtoday新聞雲
Host Su Lan reportedly stopped listener Lin sending NT$1.8m to a supposed wartime nurse. The prevented payment is not a completed loss; the radio account remains attributed.
Reported case「金牌主持營」全方位打造廣播聲音防線 當「桃花運」來敲門，熟齡墜入愛情詐騙的真情告白 | 蕃新聞
A radio account describes an older listener disclosing romantic deception. The short description does not establish a loss or a successful intervention.
Reported caseMan gets 2 years in prison, must repay $30K in Volusia County romance scam
Cory Woodall reportedly received two years and an order to repay $30,000 after laundering part of a woman’s $60,000 loss. An order does not establish payment; the claimed retired general is an alleged persona.
Reported case跨海買20萬點數領500萬遺產！警「全英文」破解騙局 74歲華僑網戀破滅 | 社會 | 三立新聞網 SETN.COM
Taichung police reportedly used English to stop a Filipino-Chinese resident buying NT$200,000 in gift cards for a supposed inheritance. The nationality is not location, and the US inheritance is an unverified pretext.
Reported caseTruffe sentimentali e falsi investimenti in criptovalute: la Guardia di Finanza smantella organizzazione criminale di frodi informatiche
Guardia di Finanza reports 23 people investigated and €900,000 laundered in a romantic-crypto network operating across five European jurisdictions. Investigation is not conviction; laundered funds are not automatically net losses.
Reported caseTruffe sentimentali, smantellata rete internazionale: un arresto e sequestri per 900mila euro - Pupia.tv
An Italian report describes a romantic cryptocurrency-investment network, one arrest and €900,000 seized. Seizure is not equivalent to victim loss or returned funds.
Reported caseFrom dating scams to fake lawyers: OpenAI details ChatGPT misuse in new threat report
An OpenAI threat-report headline includes dating scams and fake lawyers. The generic cybercrime description supplies no romance-specific account-ban number.
Research & trendsFour men arrested in major romance fraud probe after raid in Coventry
Police reportedly arrested four men after a Walsgrave Road raid in Coventry in a romance-fraud investigation. Arrests do not establish guilt.
Reported case会ったことない異性からのもうけ話に注意 好意利用され... 栃木県警 川鍋警視に聞くSNS型詐欺のわな｜下野新聞デジタル
A Tochigi police interview recounts a 63-year-old man’s loss exceeding ¥30m after a matchmaking-app contact and a move to LINE. A claimed Japanese-Singaporean identity is not verified geography.
Reported caseFalscher Nico Santos zockt Frau 10.000 Euro ab
A woman reportedly lost €10,000 to an impostor using Nico Santos’s identity. The actual singer is not identified as the offender.
Reported caseニセ警察詐欺が被害額を押し上げ 特殊・SNS詐欺、被害総額20億円で過去最悪 栃木県内・2025年まとめ｜下野新聞デジタル
Tochigi’s 2025 figures combine special fraud with SNS investment and romance fraud. The approximately ¥1.99bn total and growth are not romance-only.
Research & trendsＳＮＳ型ロマンス詐欺で８５０万円の被害 秋田市の６０代男性｜秋田魁新報電子版
Akita police report a man in his sixties losing about ¥8.5m through SNS romance fraud. The excerpt supplies no specific investment mechanism.
Reported case$8M Romance Scam: 9 'money moves' that could sink Abu Trica
Coverage of Abu Trica’s court appearance discusses transactions prosecutors link to an alleged $8m scheme. These remain allegations; remand is not conviction.
Reported case‘From dating scams to fake lawyers’: OpenAI bans ChatGPT accounts over misuse
Coverage 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 & trends「友達になりませんか」ＳＮＳ型ロマンス詐欺か 魚沼市の60代男性が266万円被害届
A Uonuma man in his sixties reportedly complained of a ¥2.66m loss; Koide police investigate suspected SNS romance fraud. No conviction or recovery is established.
Reported case騙婚「殺豬盤」盯上中國光棍 受害人投訴無門 | 計劃生育 | 光棍村 | 彩禮 | 新唐人电视台
An account describes cross-border marriage and bride-price fraud affecting rural Chinese men and barriers to help. Its wider demographic-policy explanation is the source’s interpretation, not established causation.
Reported caseArnaque amoureuse : un MRE de Belgique dépouillé de 180 000 dirhams par une « veuve » de Fès
A Moroccan resident of Belgium reportedly transferred 180,000 dirhams to a supposed widow from Fez. The widow identity is a reported pretext; residence is explicitly Belgium.
Reported caseOpenAI تحظر حسابات صينية استغلت ChatGPT في الاحتيال
Coverage 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.
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