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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% |
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A Lam/Cham80-year-old reportedly transferred a six-figure sum to a false admirer over a two-year period. Retain financial/fabricated-relationship claims, not a full incident year, a precise amount or the separate Kyrgyzstan traveller’s identity.
Reported caseThe senior reportedly sent money repeatedly over months to a supposed overseas admirer, exposed the fraud while planning a visit and lost a six-figure sum. Retain attributed financial/fabricated-relationship/repeat-transfer context without a currency ISO, precise amount or actual offender location. Do not copy Lam age/place into variants that omit it.
Reported caseThe senior reportedly sent money repeatedly over months to a supposed overseas admirer, exposed the fraud while planning a visit and lost a six-figure sum. Retain attributed financial/fabricated-relationship/repeat-transfer context without a currency ISO, precise amount or actual offender location. Do not copy Lam age/place into variants that omit it.
Reported caseThe senior reportedly sent money repeatedly over months to a supposed overseas admirer, exposed the fraud while planning a visit and lost a six-figure sum. Retain attributed financial/fabricated-relationship/repeat-transfer context without a currency ISO, precise amount or actual offender location. Do not copy Lam age/place into variants that omit it.
Reported caseBanaswadi/Bengaluru resident reportedly lost INR30 lakh to a purported NRI on a matrimonial website and filed a police complaint. Retain reported financial/platform/reporting and alleged impersonation, not verified overseas residence or a specific incident date.
Reported caseThree Thai women are reportedly arrested/accused of a Nigerian-led network using false online relationships against many targets. Retain attributed arrest, organization and fabricated relationships; nationality does not establish actual Nigerian operations, guilt or a financial total.
Reported caseItalianAIromance-fraud coverage names aLeeJung-jae impersonator taking350,000withadollarsign andoffersprotectionadvice. Retain reportedloss/impersonation/AI andwarning without automaticcurrencyconversion, actualactorinvolvement or exactdate.
Reported caseMiaoli76-year-old woman proposed18,000AppStorecards for a supposedHongKong boyfriend’s claimed accident/importedmedicine/transfusion costs. Store/police intervention stopped the purchase after social/LINE trust-building. Claimed medical harm is a pretext, not verified physical injury or HongKong operations; October31has no year. Only a convenience-store clerk and police are stated in this source; no bank intervention is added.
Reported caseMiaoli76-year-old woman proposed18,000AppStorecards for a supposedHongKong boyfriend’s claimed accident/importedmedicine/transfusion costs. Store/police intervention stopped the purchase after social/LINE trust-building. Claimed medical harm is a pretext, not verified physical injury or HongKong operations; October31has no year. Only a convenience-store clerk and police are stated in this source; no bank intervention is added.
Reported caseA former-spy account alleges Russian romance/love-bombing approaches to Silicon Valley insiders aimed at confidential information. Retain general relational manipulation claims, not verified intelligence operations, actual information loss, sexual assault or financial victimization. Country targeting does not establish real perpetrator operations.
CommentaryMaria70 reportedly lost over half a million euros in online romance fraud to a supposedGaz surgeon, alongside Maltese annual fraud context. Retain attributed persona/loss, not realGazaoperations, a clinicalcondition or an independently verified national total. Maltesevictimcontext is not a specificMaria residence assertion.
Reported caseA former-spy account alleges Russian romance/love-bombing approaches to Silicon Valley insiders aimed at confidential information. Retain general relational manipulation claims, not verified intelligence operations, actual information loss, sexual assault or financial victimization. Country targeting does not establish real perpetrator operations.
CommentaryThe headline reports a man convicted of murdering three siblings in Spain over debts linked to online romance fraud. Neighbours say two sisters believed they had US-serviceman relationships. Keep homicide/legal and alleged persona context with unspecified harm-actor role across the sisters/brother; no USoperations, actual loss total or crime date inferred.
Reported caseA California widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after a wrong-number text, fake romance and an investment approach. Retain attributed financial/relationship/platform and prior widower status, not an independently verified amount, causal vulnerability or actual crypto transfer from the crypto-scam label.
Reported caseA California widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after a wrong-number text, fake romance and an investment approach. Retain attributed financial/relationship/platform and prior widower status, not an independently verified amount, causal vulnerability or actual crypto transfer from the crypto-scam label.
Reported caseTaipei42-year-oldHuang was induced through Facebook/LINE photos, claimed divorce, caring/flirting and false love to invest in antiques; bank/police stopped one-million cash withdrawal. Retain attempted loss, trust manipulation/platform/investment and prevention, not completed loss, verified female identity or an actual divorce.
Reported caseThe headline reports conviction for killing siblings over debts linked to romance fraud. Neighbours say two sisters believed in relationships with apparent US servicemen. Retain source-associated homicide, conviction and qualified persona claims; this variant does not itself establish Spain, a three-person total, financial-loss figure or crime date.
Reported casePortuguese headline alleges250,000euros taken through a false Zé Amaro singer persona; paragraph says PJ caught the alleged love-fraudster in Porto attempting another25,000. Completed allegation and attempted further amount are separate; nationality/PJ name alone is not another jurisdiction or convicted guilt.
Reported caseKulmbach elder woman reportedly targeted by false ElonMusk/urgentoperation pretext and exploitation of trust/money. The question about who prevented furtherloss is not itself an explicit interception outcome; no exact amount, actual medical injury or celebrity involvement is supplied.
Reported casePolish generalromance-fraud discussion cites belief in BradPitt and250,000zlotypaid tobring a nonexistent Japanese doctor toPoland. Retain general loss/falsepersona/online context, not verified individualcase identities, actorinvolvement or Japaneseoperations.
Research & trendsBay Area/Brentwood widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after an unknown-person text and fake-romance investment scam. Title variants preserve1M/one million wording; no financial transfer asset, exact date, clinical distress or causal effect of bereavement inferred.
Reported caseMorata headline names Amelia, Ángeles andPepe; jury found DilawarHussein guilty after killing thethree with anironbar in a falseinheritance/supposedmilitary debt story. Retain homicide/conviction and allegedimpersonation with uncertain financial-victim roles, not a verified love-fraud total or full incident date.
Reported caseBay Area/Brentwood widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after an unknown-person text and fake-romance investment scam. Title variants preserve1M/one million wording; no financial transfer asset, exact date, clinical distress or causal effect of bereavement inferred.
Reported caseChinese headline describes890,000lost in online romance fraud, later discovery that the contact was the same gender and a final ten-and-a-half-year sentence. Baoji intermediatecourt is explicit; a precise currency/full date and actual victim sexual orientation are not inferred. Keep alleged persona deception and source-attributed legal outcome.
Reported caseTelfs44-year-old man reportedly sent hundreds-of-thousands of euros to anunknownoffender posingasawoman and feigningromance fromearlySeptember tolateOctober. Retain financial/fabricatedrelationship/impersonation/online context; yearlessperiod doesnotnormalize to2025.
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