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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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LinMuxiallegedlyusedscripteddeadfather/absentmother andwork-coststories toexploitfourmen'saffection fornearlyNTD500,000;prosecutorsrequestfiveyears. Retain allegedfinancial/trust/manipulatedpretext/prosecution/requestedsentence, notactualfatherdeath,motherabandonment, diagnosis orcompletedjail. Legalcommentsonsocialtrustarenotmeasuredpsychologicaloutcome.
Reported caseNeihuLin'sFacebookcontactclaimedSingaporewomanYang trappedinanightclubandneedingNTD310,000;bank/policeinterceptedthenarrested51-year-oldMalaysianChencourierwho reportedlyansweredfreeTaiwantravelad onXiaoHongShu. Retain attemptedloss/fabricatedintimacy/platform/interception/arrest and attemptedcash-courierrole. Falsegirlfriend captivity isnotrealtrafficking; courier'sclaimeddeceptiverecruitmentnotprovedcoercion/innocence.
Prevention & supportSuYiwen/YangAnren/RuanBochen agencies allegedly used producers/chat workers posing as entertainers, with photobook-sales and false forced-hostess-work pretexts to obtain overNTD17.13million from48targets. Title requests15years/fine. Retain organization/platform/false relationship/pressure and financial allegation with requested sentence; no completed forced prostitution, actual target diagnosis or identity normalized to the later SuYizhu spelling. Feigning entertainer courtship is supplied by the description, not the abbreviated title. Forced hostess work is a fraudulent pressure pretext, not proved coercion.
Reported caseTaipeiagencycaseexplicitlycharges35peopleinsecondwaveandrequests15years/fiveyears forleaders/influencers;one variantlistsrequestedone-yearlawyerterm. Retainfabricateddating/platform/organization/chargeandrequestedterms, notcompletedjail,guiltfromcelebrityrelationor all48laterarrestcountsidentifiedwith35.
Reported caseOwn Taipei agency/influencer account reports a second prosecution wave of35people and requested15-year terms for three main suspects, five-year terms for12influencers and in full variants one-year term for a lawyer. Preserve allegations, charge/requested sentence/platform/fabricated intimacy/network, not completed prison terms, guilt,35victims or all later48-suspect figures equated. Some sources explicitly date recruitment from2023. Only explicit Chinese 2023 recruitment year is structured; day5 and July custody references have no calendar year in their own short sources.
Reported caseUDN own title/body alleges SuYiwen's agency used entertainer personas and ambiguous affectionate chat to induce photobook purchases totallingNTD17.13million; five-/15-year sentence terms requested. Retain financial/platform/fabricatedintimacy/network and requestedsentence, notcompleted jail, realforcedprostitution or alltargets independentcases.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseFalseastronaut allegedly inducesaffectionandapproximatelyINR600,000lossfromolderwomanforoxygen. Retain ownloss/persona/trust, not originalcurrencyconversionapproved, actualoxygenphysicalemergency, operatorlocation or clinicalharm.
Reported caseNamedSuYiwen/YangAnren/RuanBochen agency allegedly feigned dating to induce electronicphotobookpayments with forcedporn/Dubai-prostitution/family-illness pretexts;title17.13millionandfive-yearsentence request. Retain organization/fabricatedintimacy/financialandrequestedjustice claims. Pretexts are not real victimdeath, diagnosis, trafficking or actualsexualviolence.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseOwn Taipei agency/influencer account reports a second prosecution wave of35people and requested15-year terms for three main suspects, five-year terms for12influencers and in full variants one-year term for a lawyer. Preserve allegations, charge/requested sentence/platform/fabricated intimacy/network, not completed prison terms, guilt,35victims or all later48-suspect figures equated. Some sources explicitly date recruitment from2023.
Reported caseMexicoCyberpolice warning describes false attractive profiles/emotionalbonds, virtualgirlfriend fraud, extortion/identitytheft risk. Retain generalwarning/fabricatedintimacy/platform/possibleextortion anddocumentidentitytopic; notactualindividualvictimloss, verifiedcriminalidentity orcompletedcoercion. Extortion and identity theft are warned possibilities, not completed victim outcomes. Keep all applications at general-warning stage.
Prevention & supportTaipeiagencycaseexplicitlycharges35peopleinsecondwaveandrequests15years/fiveyears forleaders/influencers;one variantlistsrequestedone-yearlawyerterm. Retainfabricateddating/platform/organization/chargeandrequestedterms, notcompletedjail,guiltfromcelebrityrelationor all48laterarrestcountsidentifiedwith35.
Reported caseChristopherHarkins/ScotlandTinderPredatordocumentary account includes victimShannon'sdating/holidaypayments in the fuller source andbroaderaggregateheadlinequantities. Retain source-specificloss/platform/trust context; aggregate113.6wan/82million andoneShannonGBP3247 differ. No actualtrue victim name, measuredgeneralprevalence or conviction supplied by the shortvariant.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseAIromancewarning saysfraudsterscanmaskvoice/appearanceoverphone. Retain generaladvice/AIimpersonationmechanism, notactualtechnicalforensicconfirmation or completedlossineverysource. AI voice/appearance deception is a general warning; no actual independently tested synthetic-media case is supplied.
Prevention & supportOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts. Financial application binds the description that actually states payment/loss, not a title lacking monetary evidence.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseAomoriwoman40s developedaffectionfordating-appYoshidaRyota/LINEcontact andinvestmentforjointfunds;earlyactualJPY210,000payoutprecededJPY11.4million-equivalentcryptoclaimloss. Retain financial/crypto/investment/digitaltrust/platform, notnetlosscomputedbypayoutsubtraction,trueidentityoractualprofit. MissingyearnotinferredfromJune/July.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts.
Reported caseOwn source explicitly describes a false astronaut romance scam or general astronaut-romance warning involving an older Japanese target/oxygen emergency. Preserve source-specific currency conversions, rounded quantities,80s/older age, payment versus request and return-to-Earth/under-attack pretexts. Similar persona alone does not verify a shared case, actual space emergency, clinical vulnerability or causal harm; source labels remain attributed. Short descriptions do not inherit location/amount from fuller accounts. Financial application binds the description that actually states payment/loss, not a title lacking monetary evidence.
Reported caseAFP/police opening describes a Hokkaido woman in her eighties falling in love through a July social-media contact claiming to be an astronaut, then seeking spaceship-crisis/oxygen money. Retain attributed financial/persona/platform/trust claims and explicit target place; no exact year/day from Tuesday/July, verified operator identity or completed spaceship danger. Amount and quotation length remain source-specific. Own short metadata gives no explicit money demand, payment or loss. Oxygen need, being conned and the same astronaut topic do not supply financial evidence from another report. This short source gives no Hokkaido or other geographic target location. Nationality in the title alone is not a country role.
Reported caseKISM mixed-news listing explicitly describes a Japanese woman sending money to a false astronaut for oxygen. Other theft and school mistaken-identity stories are unrelated. Retain own financial/persona topic, not her age/amount or an event date from the radio schedule.
Reported caseZhanjiang teenZhou17 allegedly used affection to lure boyfriendHuang into Myanmar slavery forRs12lakh;body reports torture and familyransom. Retain attributed romantictrust/coercion/physicalharm and relativefinancialransom, separating the seller's proceeds from victim/familyloss. Not originalpoliceverifiedtruth, freechoice/innocence of allparticipants or operatornationality. Seriousharmneeds selective original-source comparison. Serious harm, contested participant-victim role and self-blame remain attributed, with no causal certainty or clinical/forensic finding. Selective deeper source comparison and contextual story review remain required before release.
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