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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 | 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.
The prosecutor reports arrest of a woman using AI to pose as a man and scam victims in a love scam. This shorter source does not identify the voice technique, vehicle outcomes, victim names or country.
Reported caseThe source names Frederick Kumi/Abu Trica, alleged $8 million losses, arrest and AI-generated fake online identities on social/dating sites. Older Americans is a nationality label, not explicit residence; no country role is assigned from it. The AI technique beyond generated identities remains unspecified. The headline explicitly says charged, so retain that reported formal-charge development separately from the arrest and allegations.
Reported caseHimeji police received a report from a woman aged 63 of about JPY 3.38 million lost after a matching-app contact promised profitable investing and living together. Police are investigating as romance fraud. Preserve promise and actual alleged loss; no proved recovery or complete procedural date.
Reported caseThe Cleveland charge headline and prosecutor’s description name Frederick Kumi/Abu Trica, alleged distribution of stolen funds and artificial identities on dating apps. Distributing funds is not itself an explicit completed laundering offence; the AI identity technique remains unspecified.
Reported caseMacerata reporting describes an Instagram engineer persona, false affection and EUR 17,000 extraction; a Nigerian recipient of the last of three transfers is accused. Neither receipt of a transfer nor under-accusation wording establishes a proved laundering role or a formal conviction.
Reported caseMacerata reporting describes EUR 17,000 sent and a recipient in Porto Recanati currently on trial denying all allegations. The claimed Irish widower/engineer persona is not an operation in Ireland. Preserve the denial, last-transfer recipient and alleged victim loss separately; no conviction or laundering role is inferred. Macerata/Porto Recanati here locate the accused recipient’s residence, not the woman. Victim and operation country roles remain unknown for this individual source; other articles’ victim locations are not borrowed.
Reported caseTsukuba police report a man aged 55 losing JPY 12.69 million after an SNS contact posing as a Japanese woman, and investigation as SNS romance fraud. The purported Japanese persona is not a verified operation location.
Reported caseThe prosecutor reports arrest of Deymar Daniela Urbano Aragot, aged 26, allegedly using AI voice/male impersonation to target women’s vehicles. The purpose of taking vehicles is not proof of completed property loss. No prosecutor’s nationality or jurisdiction is inferred from his name.
Reported caseMacerata reporting describes an Instagram engineer persona, false affection and EUR 17,000 extraction; a Nigerian recipient of the last of three transfers is accused. Neither receipt of a transfer nor under-accusation wording establishes a proved laundering role or a formal conviction.
Reported caseThe source describes a Hsinchu woman’s TWD 3.75 million loss and a courier who reportedly developed a relationship through a gay dating website and accepted TWD 1,500 per collection. Distinguish the targeted woman from the alleged courier claiming romantic victimization; the virtual-currency account mention does not prove actual crypto transfer, trafficking or innocent participation. The courier’s claimed relationship-victimization remains source-associated and alleged; it is not proof that a genuine partner was a false persona or that his participation was innocent.
Reported caseThe source explicitly describes an Austrian love-scam account in which a fraudster used a schlager singer’s identity and a fan became a target. The singer is unnamed in the retained metadata; no amount, clinical harm or verified performer involvement is inferred.
Reported caseThe source explicitly describes an Austrian love-scam account in which a fraudster used a schlager singer’s identity and a fan became a target. The singer is unnamed in the retained metadata; no amount, clinical harm or verified performer involvement is inferred.
Reported caseA Houlong/Miaoli woman aged 69 identified as Xu was drawn into false romantic attention on Line and tried to buy TWD 30,000 game credits as a meeting deposit. A shop worker and police stopped the purchase. This is attempted extraction/interception, not completed loss or a verified deposit requirement.
Reported caseThe source explicitly describes an Austrian love-scam account in which a fraudster used a schlager singer’s identity and a fan became a target. The singer is unnamed in the retained metadata; no amount, clinical harm or verified performer involvement is inferred.
Reported caseHofu police report a man in his fifties losing crypto worth JPY 7.6 million through SNS romance fraud, described as affinity manipulation. Police announcement is not an arrest or complete incident date.
Reported caseThe source explicitly describes an Austrian love-scam account in which a fraudster used a schlager singer’s identity and a fan became a target. The singer is unnamed in the retained metadata; no amount, clinical harm or verified performer involvement is inferred.
Reported caseThe source explicitly describes an Austrian love-scam account in which a fraudster used a schlager singer’s identity and a fan became a target. The singer is unnamed in the retained metadata; no amount, clinical harm or verified performer involvement is inferred.
Reported caseThe source explicitly describes an Austrian love-scam account in which a fraudster used a schlager singer’s identity and a fan became a target. The singer is unnamed in the retained metadata; no amount, clinical harm or verified performer involvement is inferred.
Reported caseThe source explicitly describes an Austrian love-scam account in which a fraudster used a schlager singer’s identity and a fan became a target. The singer is unnamed in the retained metadata; no amount, clinical harm or verified performer involvement is inferred.
Reported caseThe source explicitly describes an Austrian love-scam account in which a fraudster used a schlager singer’s identity and a fan became a target. The singer is unnamed in the retained metadata; no amount, clinical harm or verified performer involvement is inferred.
Reported caseThe French source says an unnamed retiree believed she was communicating with Brad Pitt and lost EUR 100,000, alongside prevention guidance. No victim name, country, complete date or connection to another Brad Pitt-persona case is established from the shared celebrity identity alone.
Reported caseThe source identifies a woman aged 70 in southern Hesse losing EUR 185,000 through feigned friendship in a love scam and police warnings. Keep reported emotional trust manipulation and loss; no victim identity, new request count or complete date is given.
Reported caseThe source names Frank Abel, aged 31, on trial for allegedly taking EUR 1,450 from a Padua woman after chat contact and a false war-surgeon/Kabul/chest-in-England persona. Kabul and England are scam pretexts, not actual operation locations. Trial is not conviction or sentence.
Reported caseA court of appeal reportedly upheld the first-instance ruling against a 53-year-old fake-doctor offender exploiting an elderly widow, after a niece’s complaint. Preserve the report of conviction/upheld judgment, impersonation, bereavement and the relative’s reporting role. No monetary amount or causal vulnerability from widowhood is established.
Reported caseThe source explicitly describes a romance-and-investment rare-oil scheme using fake female dating profiles and a girlfriend’s photograph, allegedly taking Rs 1.90 lakh (190,000 rupees) from an AIIMS researcher. AIIMS is not evidence of an AI tool; Ugandan nationality does not locate the operation. Keep the source rupee wording; neither the currency abbreviation nor the offender’s nationality assigns an operation or victim country.
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