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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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Kuroishipolice arrestednamedOta50andNomura46overallegedSNSlovefraudagainstAomoriwomaninhertwenties. TheyallegedlyconspiredwithanunnamedUS-residentKimpersona knownviaInstagram,claimingbank-accountusagefees. Retain allegednetwork/platform/impersonation andarrest;claimedUSplaceispersona,notscamoperatorresidence,andvictim30slaterNamul61wisdifferent.
Reported caseTelugu headline reports a59-year-old teacher losing2crore in romance fraud; the paragraph says Ahaan promised marriage/coming to India, communicated daily onWhatsApp and requested money from2020onward. Retain attributed loss, marriage trust and platform.2020is explicit contact/request-period context, not a calendar observation; no currency missing from source silently supplied or proved conviction. Only the explicit2020start has year precision. No exact month/day or end-year is filled from observation.
Reported caseFuller Kagawa source reports SNS partner’s investment suggestion, approximately JPY110million loss, police investigation, Facebook-to-LINE contact and August confession. Retain source-specific relationship/trading/platform/loss; the truncated dating detail is not stolen identity or an explicit incident year. An explicitly quoted exclusive-love, developing-relationship or shared-future passage supports trust manipulation. Impersonation and true foreign nationality remain unestablished. Whole-code withholding cannot coexist with this source-bound mechanism application.
Reported caseYamaguchi police report a man in his fifties’ approximately JPY1.04 million crypto loss to SNS romance fraud. Retain loss, paid crypto and online contact, not an invented persona, investment return or exact incident date. The source explicitly describes inducing closeness to take money; retain trust manipulation without asserting a stolen identity.
Reported caseThe Clark County source claims romance-scam growth and an average 112,000 dollars loss, with a celebrity-love deception example. Retain aggregate source claims and a reported celebrity-persona mechanism without merging them into one case. Clark County country and denominators are not established by this short metadata. Clark County and a dollar sign alone do not establish country or currency. The example’s thousands and aggregate average112,000 are distinct levels; no platform inferred from a truncated other-online-crime phrase.
Research & trendsAomori police report a woman in her forties losing JPY550,000 after a matching-app/LINE romantic contact proposed an online shop for their future and promised30percent returns. Retain loss, trading/return pretext and trust manipulation. ShimizuDaisuke is an asserted persona; no verified identity, crypto payment or explicit year supplied. An explicitly quoted exclusive-love, developing-relationship or shared-future passage supports trust manipulation. Impersonation and true foreign nationality remain unestablished. Whole-code withholding cannot coexist with this source-bound mechanism application.
Reported caseShichinohe police report a man in his fifties losing JPY1.1million after Instagram/LINE romantic courtship, marriage promise and Ripple investment-site/Telegram side-job charges. WatanabeYoshiko and ShiratoriTsuki are asserted personas, not verified identities or a proven organized group. Retain loss, platform, investment and false-relationship/trust mechanism; yearless months remain unfilled.
Reported caseSaga police report two women in their fifties/sixties each losing approximately JPY40million to SNS romance/investment fraud; one received exclusive-love messages from a foreign-man persona after June19. Retain attributed loss, investment, digital contact and trust manipulation, not true nationality or event year supplied from observation. An explicitly quoted exclusive-love, developing-relationship or shared-future passage supports trust manipulation. Impersonation and true foreign nationality remain unestablished. Whole-code withholding cannot coexist with this source-bound mechanism application.
Reported caseINTERPOL attributes260arrests across14African countries to July/August operation against online romance and sexual-image extortion schemes. Retain mixed alleged arrest, false-relationship and extortion mechanisms. Dakar is a news dateline, not the operation site for all260suspects. No exact event year, verified guilt or all targets sexually harmed.
Reported caseA purported Emmerdale star reportedly obtained GBP20,000 from a woman using court-cost pretext. The opening discusses romance fraud’s general emotional/financial impact. Retain title-bound loss and celebrity persona, not a verified actual actor, diagnosis or legal proceeding involving the victim.
Reported caseThe source identifies Anne, styled Deneuchatel in the source, deceived by a false Brad Pitt persona, and discusses her book. Retain reported celebrity impersonation, not EUR830,000, a police complaint or bank outcome borrowed from other reports. Do not convert the concatenated Deneuchatel name to a Swiss victim place. This source explicitly gives online fraud and a book recounting the experience, so retain platform/general digital context and disclosure.
Related mentionGerman psychologist warns about love-scammers’ methods and emotional manipulation. Retain general awareness and trust-manipulation warning, not a clinical diagnosis, actual victim loss or proof that every offender lacks empathy.
Prevention & supportThe programme synopsis names Jackie Crenshaw and a purported blue-eyed Brandon who charmed her into a bogus investment. It presents a factual scam account, not a fictional character plot. Retain the title’s million-dollar claim, investment and relationship persuasion as reported; the listing is not independent case verification.
Reported casePolice-linked reporting names29-year-old Nigerian Stephane/KCeeDominic arrested in WestDelhiTilakNagar after allegedly posing as a UK-based Korean businessman to target single women on a language-exchange app and demand money. Retain alleged persona/platform/arrest/network-of-targets scope, not proven nationality/persona,100verifiedcases, exact loss, guilty conviction or location of offshore criminal operations.
Reported caseMassachusettstherapistplansguiltypleaaftersecretlyinvesting600,000dollarsofpatientfundsinacrypticinvestmenttrapwithafabricatedonlinepartner. Retain allegedemployer/entrustedfundstheft,falseaffection,trading/platformandplannedplea.600kispatientloss,nottherapistpersonalretirementlossorprovedcoercion;nochosenpleaalreadyentered. Patientfunds are entrustedthird-party assets, not employerfunds or therapist’sown savings. Allegedtheft/participant-victimrole and plannedplea remain separate. No paid600kpersonalromanceloss inferred.
Reported caseNamedAnneDeneuchatelFrench53-year-oldreportsfalseBradPittfraud,overGBP700,000,book,reporteddepressionanddivorceassociatedwithordeal. Retain sourceboundloss/persona,digitalcontactandattributedpsychological/relationshipharms;notverifieddiagnosis,alloffendersactualNigerianorsilentEUR830kconversion. Named Anne’sdifferentamounts and harms remain attributed to their own sources. Threeattemptsurvival doesnotestablish allattempts causedbyfraud; depression isreported, not a clinicallyvalidated projectdiagnosis. No suicidedeath.
Reported caseNamedAnneDeneuchatel53isreportedFrenchromancefraudtargetofEUR830,000falseBradPitt;thetextcallshercancersurvivorandthree-suicide-attemptsurvivor. Retain quotedloss/personaandreportedattempts, notcausalproofallattemptsfollowedfraud, diagnosisconfirmed, actualsuicidedeath orcancerasfraudharm. Named Anne’sdifferentamounts and harms remain attributed to their own sources. Threeattemptsurvival doesnotestablish allattempts causedbyfraud; depression isreported, not a clinicallyvalidated projectdiagnosis. No suicidedeath.
Reported caseAfricanews describesINTERPOLromance/sextortion suspects,fakeprofiles/stolenimages andintimateimageblackmail. Retain attributedmixedarrest,impersonation/digitalandsexual-extortion mechanisms. Noalltargets sexuallyassaulted, guilt or independentvictimcounts.
Reported casePsychologistLeonardoVertone discusses love-scammers exploiting/manipulatingtargets and emotionalblackmail. Retain generalwarning/trustmanipulation, not actualcrimeofextortion, diagnosis or personalfinancialloss.
Prevention & supportSpanish source explicitly reports hundreds detained in14African countries during July/August against false online romance relationships for money and sexual-image blackmail. Retain mixed attributed arrest and mechanisms, not exact year/260 imported, verified guilt or all targets sexually assaulted.
Reported caseTaichung55-year-oldLin reportedly thought he had found true love online and nearly mortgaged property in an investment trap. Retain attempted financial/property risk, trading and digital romantic-trustlure, not actual mortgage/loss, debt alreadyincurred or verifiedoffender identity.
Reported caseFullerGreeksourceidentifiesLimassol74-year-oldwomanandEUR18,000senttoapurportedGaza doctorinromancedeception. Retain ownloss/persona,notrealdoctororverifiedGazaoperation,notMaltaMaria70caseandnoborrowedamountintoshortversion.
Reported caseLampungtitle allegesfourprisoners usedphonesandpretendedpolicetodeceive/extortwomen. Descriptiondefineslovefraud throughfabricatedromance. Retain falsepersona/platformandgeneralromanceclaim; noactualnewarrest, moneyamount, courtjudgment or officer-assistedcorruption supplied. The Indonesian headline explicitly alleges extortingwomen, while its definitionbody explainsfalseintimacygenerally. Retain unspecifiedextortion; pornography/ransomamount absent inthisvariant.
Reported caseThe real Thai-cliff survivor, described as an inspiration for a film, alleges her husband tailored pig-butchering and saw her as a financial tool. She describes being pushed off a cliff and removal ofoxygenmask. Retain attributed physicalharm and false-intimacy allegation, not a fictional plot, confirmedhomicide, suicidedeath, fixedfinancialloss or causalclinicaldiagnosis. Actualname/year not supplied here. WangNuannuan is a real survivoraccount alongside a filmreference. Courtstagehere is civildivorce, not newcriminalconviction or propertyaward. A sparsestoryidentifiedonlybyhername remains unresolvedratherthan borrowing thissource’seligiblemechanism.
Reported caseLampunginvestigation describesfakeintimacy leadingtarget tosexualvideocallin4prisoners’extortionscheme. Retain allegedsexual-imageextortion,falseaffection/digital/coordinationmechanisms, notvictimsexualassault, paidransomamount, newarrestorconviction. The title describesextortion and the bodysexualvideocall, but doesnotexplicitly bind an intimate-image disseminationthreat. Retain generalextortionallegation, with sexualcallcontext innotes; no sexualviolence or definitiveimageblackmail inferred.
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