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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.
The 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 caseGrossenkneten police warn about false social/dating profiles after a local incident and mention another case nearing a court conclusion. Keep general prevention/impersonation/platform context; no specific conviction or identity connecting the two cases is established.
Prevention & supportThe second section URL repeats the retired Chen/fake female soldier/TWD 40,000 interception account. Preserve URL and source identity without inflating victim or loss counts.
Reported caseA retired Chen man in his seventies believed in a cross-border romance with a supposed Korean-American female soldier in Syria. Police/bank staff blocked TWD 40,000 for a fabricated airport/customs emergency. The supposed detained partner is a pretext, not verified custody, military affiliation or operating geography; no completed loss.
Reported caseThe Swiss retiree reportedly lost CHF 100,000 to a false Brad Pitt, with expert guidance. Preserve currency and Swiss nationality attribution without equating this with an unnamed EUR 100,000 retiree or Anne’s EUR 830,000 account.
Reported caseThe sparse French account names Sandrine and EUR 50,000 lost through a false Ukrainian soldier romance pretext. This is attributed reporting, not proof of actual military involvement, perpetrator nationality or evaluated incidence increase.
Reported caseFrench reporting describes multiple women targeted by false Ukrainian soldiers using lack-of-food stories and sums up to EUR 50,000. These are relationship/payment pretexts, not verified troop nationality, real starvation, total losses or a count of distinct victims.
Research & trendsNasushiobara police describe a 46-year-old woman losing crypto worth JPY 11,919,139 after a supposed Japanese man’s contact developed into intimate conversations and investment urged to build trust. Persona nationality is not a geographic role; do not turn relative/yearless dates into full dates. The victim explicitly reported the loss to police; do not infer an arrest from that filing.
Reported caseFrench reporting describes fabricated Ukrainian-soldier identities, prolonged emotional relationships and thousands of euros sent. Preserve general/multiple-case mechanism claims and source-specific French victims where explicit; soldier nationality is a persona, not a verified military or operation location. Social-network contact is explicit in the headline; cite that field rather than infer it from the paragraph.
Research & trendsNeipu police/store staff stopped a 55-year-old Hu woman buying TWD 60,000 gift cards for a supposed Shanghai husband’s airport-injury settlement. Fabricated relationship and emergency/payment pretexts are explicit. The alleged injured traveller is a pretext, not proved physical harm, and Shanghai/Kaohsiung do not locate the perpetrator.
Reported caseThe Taichung headline says a 60-year-old woman in a fake Doctors Without Borders trap lost TWD 27.72 million, but the description gives TWD 27.75 million over 83 payments. Preserve this discrepancy; five couriers/coin dealers detained and assets/Bitcoin ATMs seized do not prove reimbursement or a laundering conviction. The Doctors Without Borders trap is source-labelled; real affiliation is unverified. Bitcoin ATM seizure is explicit, not a proved communication channel or money returned.
Reported caseA Jonesborough headline says three people were sentenced after a man lost more than USD 86,000 and died by suicide. Prosecutors associate the fraud with his death; this is an attributed link, not independent causal proof. Celebrity posing appears in the truncated paragraph without a complete identity.
Reported caseThe source describes a 68-year-old retiree losing EUR 240,000, savings and his home to a fake Lara Fabian relationship and receiving consolation from the real singer. Keep financial/housing loss and practical support attributed; the singer is impersonated, not an offender, and clinical outcomes/date are absent. The singer’s consolation is emotional support, not a practical recovery intervention or repayment.
Reported caseYonghe police reportedly stopped a 77-year-old Li man from an affection trap involving a female online contact, with TWD 4.8 million in the headline. This is attempted payment/interception, not completed loss; the excerpt truncates the proposed sequence.
Reported caseGeneral romance-scam guidance defines trust-building to steal money or identity. This is a warning about goals, not actual losses, completed identity theft or quantified risk.
Prevention & supportPhnom Penh police reportedly arrested 28 people, 27 Vietnamese and one Cambodian, including six women, for alleged transnational fraud using fabricated romantic relationships. Those are alleged offenders, not 28 victim incidents. Nationality does not prove operating geography, conviction or trafficking. The fabricated-relationship conduct is attributed as suspected, while arrests and raid are reported occurrences.
Reported caseZhunan police/store staff stopped a woman in her seventies paying TWD 90,000 customs fees for a purported retired US military officer’s gift parcel. Daily caring messages and a false gift establish the relational lure; claimed US identity and airport/customs pretext do not locate offenders or prove real parcel contents. Store difficulty triggered practical help and police warning.
Reported caseA Yokohama account describes a 68-year-old woman arrested after allegedly providing an account and collecting cash for a never-met military persona. Her quoted admission that she knew the fraud but loved the controller complicates victim/offender roles. Record the participant claim and alleged facilitation; no coerced or trafficked role is established. The passage does not name a messaging/dating platform. Replace platform communication with the explicit alleged account use; the military identity remains alleged rather than independently verified.
Reported caseLeipzig reporting announces a new self-help group for victims of fabricated love on dating/social platforms. This is a support-service announcement, not measured uptake or clinical effectiveness; start/access details are truncated. Leipzig locates a support-group announcement here, not an explicit police/court jurisdiction or victim residence. Do not assign those geographic roles from the service city.
Prevention & supportFrench reporting describes fabricated Ukrainian-soldier identities, prolonged emotional relationships and thousands of euros sent. Preserve general/multiple-case mechanism claims and source-specific French victims where explicit; soldier nationality is a persona, not a verified military or operation location.
Research & trendsA French headline describes an American woman believing in a romance with a Danish prince; the short description references viral TikTok videos but does not quantify financial loss or give a verifiable person identity. Retain the attributed case classification and false-partner claim without inferring nationality-based residence or factual truth of videos. TikTok is where the account is discussed, not established as the victim-contact or fraud-transfer platform in the retained source.
Reported caseAsahi police rearrested a 68-year-old woman in an alleged SNS romance fraud involving Iraqi military personas, parcel fees and a Yokohama woman in her seventies losing about JPY 3.53 million. Persona nationality is not the offender base; rearrest differs from conviction and a yearless December 1 is not normalized into an incident date.
Reported caseCNMV warns about romance scams with false affection intended to take money and gives eight warning flags. This is general regulatory guidance; anyone-can-fall wording is not quantified risk or evaluated prevention.
Prevention & supportLeipzig reporting describes a 68-year-old woman deceived by fabricated affection and losing several thousand euros. Keep age, location and vague amount source-specific; no perpetrator identity, diagnosis or full date established.
Reported caseRossana Tescaroli describes a false social-media lover damaging her marriage and her Acta support role; the article also mentions a psychologist/Bono persona, a retiree selling her home and an ex-general losing EUR 230,000. Keep distinct people and outcomes; selling a house is not automatically involuntary housing loss or all victims’ aggregate total.
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