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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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German coverage describes organized romantic-fraud factories and estimated billions in losses. The brief text supplies no reproducible global estimate or current-year incident count.
CommentaryJapanese provisional 2025 figures combine special, investment and romance fraud. These totals and regional subsets cannot be assigned wholly to romance fraud or summed together.
Research & trendsGerman coverage describes organized romantic fraud and AI writing across languages. Billions in losses are an attributed estimate without the underlying calculation.
CommentaryA report describes a handwritten playbook in a Cambodian romance-scam operation and a separate $943m aggregate. The aggregate is not established as loss from that operation alone.
Research & trendsA warning, educational notice or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. The excerpt does not independently establish seasonal incidence or prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportCoverage discusses AI-assisted romantic deception and prevention. Its claims of scale or persuasion are not independently measured in the retained text.
Prevention & supportGerman coverage describes organized romantic-fraud operations and estimated billions in losses. The excerpt supplies no reproducible global estimate or period.
CommentaryCoverage describes AI-assisted romantic deception and warning signs. Repeated coverage and claims of greater persuasion do not independently measure AI effectiveness.
Prevention & supportVirginia’s SCC warns about romantic approaches promising lucrative investments. The guidance is not a measured intervention result.
Prevention & supportBarclays reports an average £7,000 loss among its 2025 romance-scam claims. The headline’s account-balance threshold is not a demonstrated risk cutoff.
Research & trendsToronto police report two Mississauga residents charged after dating-app contacts with people in Canada and the United States. Charges remain allegations and offender residence does not locate all victims.
Reported caseA consultant responds to an OCCRP investigation alleging a fake-prince romance and investment scheme affecting a Romanian businesswoman. The allegations are not adjudicated facts. Reported nationality alone does not establish victim residence.
Reported caseAn older woman in Arth reportedly supplied account details during romantic deception and was convicted of laundering. Victimization and the reported conviction are separate claims.
Reported caseA 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 & supportGerman coverage describes organized romantic-fraud factories and estimated billions in losses. The brief text supplies no reproducible global estimate or current-year incident count.
CommentaryReporting combines romance and confidence scams in Texas and states $20m in 2025 losses, with 60% attributed to people over 50. These are reported monetary shares, not an age-specific risk rate.
Research & trendsA 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, 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 & supportThai advice cites nearly 1.9bn baht over four years and warns about personal information and money transfers. A multiyear total cannot be read as a current-year incidence rate.
Prevention & supportA study-based headline reports UK dating-app users encountering false profiles and losing money. The excerpt lacks sampling details and does not show that every false profile caused loss.
Research & trendsCoverage discusses AI-assisted romantic deception and prevention. Claims of increasing sophistication or scale are not evaluated causal effects in the saved text.
Prevention & supportGerman coverage describes organized romantic-fraud factories and estimated billions in losses. The brief text supplies no reproducible global estimate or current-year incident count.
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 victim-support professional describes trust-building before financial requests and offers recognition advice. It is not an effectiveness evaluation.
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.
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