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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 | 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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Gera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseGera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseFake-CIA romance suspect ShawnStevenHarris50 allegedly obtained money for undercover missions with promised government repayment; separate anonymous source reports jumping to death while fleeing arrest warrant. Suspect injury/death is not victim physical harm or established suicide intent. Earlier2019 activity not current incident date; arrest warrant is not completed arrest. Named bridge/deeper source review required. Suspect death/fleeing warrant is not target physical harm, completed arrest or established suicidal intent. No homicide/suicide causality inferred.
Reported caseGera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseGera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseAichi police reportedly arrested twoTokyo men after manufactured SNS affection and crypto extraction; group-account54billionJPY is separate broad amount, not each target loss or actual returned money. Own short variant lacks names; no details borrowed from fuller laundering source. Preserve distinct actors, case populations, realized versus proposed funds, laundering roles, requested versus imposed terms and mixed crime totals. Source allegations/participant accounts are not original judgment findings.
Reported caseDaisenwoman40s reportedlylostJPY6.4million-equivalentcrypto toaffection-associatedfalseinvestment inpolice-classifiedSNSromance fraud. Own title/description supportloss/intimatelure/crypto; no actualreturnorcharge.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseAdeline’s father reportedly lostEUR269000 under years of online sentimental-fraud influence and daily harassment. Retain attributed testimony/loss and coercive contact context, not daughter as direct financial target, clinical addiction, new case count or exact years.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseFukuyamaEast police headline reports a man arrested for SNS romance fraud; description explicitly says inducing affection then extracting money. Retain reported arrest/digital relationship mechanism, no victim loss amount, guilt, actor nationality or sentence.
Reported caseChangshaHu reports35万RMB sentduringyear-long onlineaffection toYaoYao/contactmetingameJune2024; falsemedicine requests andpolice investigated purported womanfaraway. Retain attributedfinancial/digitaltrust/falseidentity/investigation. July28complaintyearnotstated; sourceexplicitJune2024firstcontactmonth canbe structured. Nostatedrealillness ormoneyreturned.
Reported caseFake-CIA romance suspect ShawnStevenHarris50 allegedly obtained money for undercover missions with promised government repayment; separate anonymous source reports jumping to death while fleeing arrest warrant. Suspect injury/death is not victim physical harm or established suicide intent. Earlier2019 activity not current incident date; arrest warrant is not completed arrest. Named bridge/deeper source review required. Suspect death/fleeing warrant is not target physical harm, completed arrest or established suicidal intent. No homicide/suicide causality inferred.
Reported caseChinese19yearoldmanreportedly betrayed/soldbysweethearttoMyanmarscamgangandbrutallyenslaved. Retain attributedcoercion/relationshipbetrayal, notpaymentamount, clinicalinjury, perpetratornationality ororiginalcourtoutcome.
Reported caseYaitaman55 allegedlylostJPY17.41million afteraccountclaimingSingaporeanwomanintroducedcryptoinvestment; policeclassifySNSromance. Explicit2024December5firstmessagecanbecontactdate, notlossdate. Claimednationalitynotoperatorcountry; noactualcrypto-returnorcharge.
Reported caseNamed DavidCruz70 ofPascoCounty describes online romance lossUSD47000 and emotional devastation. Retain attributed financial/psychological harm and self-reported account across threeURLcopies; fear of losing everything not completed housing loss, diagnosis or repayment.
Reported caseWidowednurseLi60s claims romancevictimizationafterfakeUSdoctor/secret-packagefeesover1million andcouriercollections; court reportedlyconvictedattemptedlaunderingwith5monthimprisonmentconvertible150000fineplus30000fine. Keepparticipant-victimclaim/ownloss andattemptedoffending distinct, preexistingbereavementnotfrauddeath; courtknowledgefindingnotallvictimsblame. Three-yearsago notinferredincidentyear. Preserve distinct actors, case populations, realized versus proposed funds, laundering roles, requested versus imposed terms and mixed crime totals. Source allegations/participant accounts are not original judgment findings.
Reported caseFactualdocumentarylistingnamesAnja/Visnja/Uschi anddescribesfalseloveformoneywithpsychologicalconsequences. Retainattributedgeneralfinancial/psychological/trust themes, notnewcasesperairtime, independentlyverifiedclinicalfindings or allmillionsbelongingtoonetarget. A general feature/opinion/programme classification is not research statistics. New adapter uses only explicitly source-reviewed statistical tags; earlier category-derived assertions remain pending cumulative correction.
Research & trendsNamed DavidCruz70 ofPascoCounty describes online romance lossUSD47000 and emotional devastation. Retain attributed financial/psychological harm and self-reported account across threeURLcopies; fear of losing everything not completed housing loss, diagnosis or repayment.
Reported caseNamed DavidCruz70 ofPascoCounty describes online romance lossUSD47000 and emotional devastation. Retain attributed financial/psychological harm and self-reported account across threeURLcopies; fear of losing everything not completed housing loss, diagnosis or repayment.
Reported caseDouala report names CezarinePeka, single mother30s, and false entrepreneur in an alleged amorous fraud with serpent headline. Retain claimed persona/location/romantic deception; no supplied money, physical snake injury or causal clinical outcome.
Reported caseCourtaccount nurseLi60 claimsfakeUSdoctorGAJ/ownover1millionloss, collectedproposed900000fromLin who earlierlost170000toUNsoldierpersona unrelatedtoLi. Policereportedarrest andattemptedlaundering5months/convertiblefineplus30000fine. Keepdifferent targets/amounts/personas/participantclaims, sentence notactualtime served andpriorOct27noyear.
Reported caseCourtaccount nurseLi60 claimsfakeUSdoctorGAJ/ownover1millionloss, collectedproposed900000fromLin who earlierlost170000toUNsoldierpersona unrelatedtoLi. Policereportedarrest andattemptedlaundering5months/convertiblefineplus30000fine. Keepdifferent targets/amounts/personas/participantclaims, sentence notactualtime served andpriorOct27noyear.
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