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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 | 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% |
Each record represents a source web page, not a verified incident. Different URLs can describe the same event. About these records.
A woman from North Rhine-Westphalia reportedly paid a five-figure sum over several years to a fake Nico Santos profile. The excerpt does not give a precise total.
Reported caseA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsMalkajgiri police report seven arrests across four matrimonial and investment-fraud cases and ₹31.72 lakh refunded. The amounts and arrests are mixed-case totals, not romance-only.
Reported caseA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsA Taoyuan woman reportedly lost NT$7m after dating-app contact and complained to police. The article also gives combined investment/dating-fraud rankings; those broader totals are not romance-only.
Reported caseA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsA report combines an attributed $36m Illinois romance-fraud figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual loss must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsAn opinion piece explains how a desire to be wanted may be exploited. It is an interpretation rather than evidence that victims share one vulnerability.
CommentaryGerman reporting describes loss of savings and heartbreak through love scams in the southwest. Distress is not a clinical diagnosis, and the excerpt supplies no rate or AI effect estimate.
Research & trendsA retrospective describes Robert Hendy-Freegard using a false MI5 identity to deceive several people, separate them from families and obtain money. This is historical reporting, not a new 2026 case.
Reported caseA German headline describes love-scam losses, while the description is generic or gives a relationship-and-emergency-money example. No population estimate or particular completed loss is established.
CommentaryA Daan police and bank headline reports intercepting NT$300,000 in romantic fraud. Prevented payment is not money lost and recovered.
Reported caseA San Francisco retiree reportedly lost over $500,000 in an online romance-investment scam despite warnings and family reporting. The family’s action does not prove that police could have prevented the payment.
Reported caseGerman reporting describes loss of savings and heartbreak through love scams in the southwest. Distress is not a clinical diagnosis, and the excerpt supplies no rate or AI effect estimate.
Research & trendsA German headline describes love-scam losses, while the description is generic or gives a relationship-and-emergency-money example. No population estimate or particular completed loss is established.
CommentaryOntario police warn after a reported $70,000 romance-scam loss. The short description gives no victim location, perpetrator identity or recovery.
Reported caseGerman reporting describes loss of savings and heartbreak through love scams in the southwest. Distress is not a clinical diagnosis, and the excerpt supplies no rate or AI effect estimate.
Research & trendsHachinohe police report an Aomori woman in her fifties losing about ¥36m following social-video contact. Versions use rounded and more precise amounts; they are not separate losses.
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