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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% |
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A Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportA Canadian explainer describes pig-butchering as romantic deception and asserts more sophisticated tactics. The brief text supplies no measured trend.
CommentaryToronto-area reporting describes a Mississauga man and woman arrested or charged in a dating-app romance-fraud investigation. Charges remain allegations, and offender residence does not locate every victim.
Reported caseGendarmes reportedly arrest Frédérick Q near Jonzac in Charente-Maritime. Labels such as serial scammer are source characterizations; the excerpt supplies no current conviction.
Reported caseAn FBI warning cites $22.5m lost by North Floridians last year. The short retained text does not establish the precise category denominator or independent verification.
Prevention & supportGendarmes reportedly arrest Frédérick Q near Jonzac in Charente-Maritime. Labels such as serial scammer are source characterizations; the excerpt supplies no current conviction.
Reported caseJapanese police report provisional 2025 totals combining special, SNS investment and romance fraud. The combined losses and overall crime counts are not romance-only and cannot measure romance-scam incidence.
Research & trendsGendarmes reportedly arrest Frédérick Q near Jonzac in Charente-Maritime. Labels such as serial scammer are source characterizations; the excerpt supplies no current conviction.
Reported caseWestern Australian official reporting describes increased recorded romance losses in 2025; one version gives 63 people and $3.8m. These are reported cases, not total victimization.
Research & trendsAkita police report 182 combined special, SNS investment and romance cases and provisional 2025 losses over ¥1.3bn. The mixed total is not romance-only.
Research & trendsA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportA warning, advice item or prevention notice discusses romantic deception. Brief claims of growth, vulnerability or comparative ranking are attributed and do not establish a measured population rate or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportAn Ontario lifestyle roundup mentions a pig-butchering romance-scam explainer. Its beauty and dating topics are not separate incidents.
Related mentionA Canadian explainer describes pig-butchering as romantic deception and asserts more sophisticated tactics. The brief text supplies no measured trend.
CommentaryA warning, advice item or prevention notice discusses romantic deception. Brief claims of growth, vulnerability or comparative ranking are attributed and do not establish a measured population rate or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA warning, educational notice or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. The excerpt does not independently establish seasonal incidence or prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportA prevention item, warning or educational event discusses romantic deception. Seasonal or growth claims in brief metadata are attributed and do not establish incidence or effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA Chicago-area man reportedly lost $70,000 through AI-assisted online romantic deception. The attribution does not independently verify how AI was used.
Reported caseCoverage discusses AI-assisted romantic deception and prevention. Claims of increasing sophistication or scale are not evaluated causal effects in the saved text.
Prevention & supportA Canadian explainer describes pig-butchering as romantic deception and asserts more sophisticated tactics. The brief text supplies no measured trend.
CommentaryTax commentary discusses limited relief for romantic fraud and a distinction involving investment fraud. It is not individualized tax advice or a measured harm estimate.
CommentaryA warning, educational notice or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. The excerpt does not independently establish seasonal incidence or prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportThe CICC reports 29 victims and P2.08m over two months. This reporting window overlaps the separate January complaint count and cannot be added to it.
Research & trendsA Canadian explainer describes pig-butchering as romantic deception and asserts more sophisticated tactics. The brief text supplies no measured trend.
Commentary