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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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Singer Hafiz Hamidun warns that impostors stole his identity for romantic scams and urges reporting. Identity misuse is a harm to a third party; his nationality does not locate victims.
Prevention & supportCoverage of Abu Trica’s court appearance discusses transactions prosecutors link to an alleged $8m scheme. These remain allegations; remand is not conviction.
Reported caseNHK reports an arrest in a matchmaking-app case and an account allegedly receiving money from 28 cases across 15 prefectures. Romance and family-impersonation proceeds are mixed; those cases are not all romance fraud.
Reported caseDerbyshire police issue romance-fraud advice timed to a television release. This is prevention communication, not a fictional scam record or evaluated effect.
Prevention & supportKagoshima reporting places a police-impersonation victim alongside aggregate special, investment and romance-fraud figures. The individual crypto loss is not a romance case and the aggregate is not romance-only.
Research & trendsKagoshima reporting places a police-impersonation victim alongside aggregate special, investment and romance-fraud figures. The individual crypto loss is not a romance case and the aggregate is not romance-only.
Research & trendsA broadcast reportedly exposed a romance-scam script. The truncated description supplies no exact amount or evaluated prevention effect.
Prevention & supportA woman describes suicidal thoughts after an alleged €156,000 romantic fraud. These are reported thoughts, not an attempt or death. Accusers seek up to six years; the suspect calls her claim spite, which is attributed rather than endorsed.
Reported caseA Taiwan-focused commentary describes an OpenAI report covering seven misuse cases, including Cambodian romance scams. Its wider claims about state influence do not establish that the romance operation was state-directed.
Related mentionA radio host reportedly prevented an older man sending NT$1.8m in an online romance scam. The money was intercepted, not lost and subsequently recovered.
Reported caseKagoshima reporting places a police-impersonation victim alongside aggregate special, investment and romance-fraud figures. The individual crypto loss is not a romance case and the aggregate is not romance-only.
Research & trendsAn Oita headline reports a man in his sixties losing ¥9.38m through a cryptocurrency-investment romance scam. Generic site text supplies no further case detail.
Reported caseAn OpenAI threat-report account covers romantic scams among several AI abuses. It provides no separate romance-fraud count or prevention outcome.
Research & trendsCoverage of Abu Trica’s court appearance discusses transactions prosecutors link to an alleged $8m scheme. These remain allegations; remand is not conviction.
Reported caseFrederick 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 report describes Cambodian use of ChatGPT and false female identities targeting Indonesian men. Target nationality is not victim location. The explicit 25 February 2026 date is the threat-report publication.
Reported caseA state ranking combines fraud reports, romance data and online searches. It is not a measure of residents’ honesty or romance-scam incidence; no sampling methods are supplied.
Research & trendsA woman reportedly paid €60,000 to someone impersonating Brad Pitt. Being stranded in Dortmund is part of the alleged persona’s story, not verified offender or victim location.
Reported caseA state ranking combines fraud reports, romance data and online searches. It is not a measure of residents’ honesty or romance-scam incidence; no sampling methods are supplied.
Research & trendsPrevention coverage discusses organized overseas romance fraud. Claims of rapid growth are not accompanied by a denominator in the excerpt.
Prevention & supportA report about OpenAI threat research includes romantic pig-butchering among several abuses. Disclosure of misuse is not proof that all users or all scams use AI.
Research & trendsA woman reportedly paid €60,000 to someone impersonating Brad Pitt. Being stranded in Dortmund is part of the alleged persona’s story, not verified offender or victim location.
Reported caseAn FBI-linked warning says people deceived through romance and other schemes may become money mules. It does not establish a particular person’s intent or criminal liability.
Prevention & supportAn explanatory article discusses savings and retirement losses from online romantic deception. The excerpt supplies no population estimate or individual case.
CommentaryMisato police report a man’s ¥860,000 crypto loss after a romantic contact offered interest. No recovery or conviction is established.
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