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| 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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KeelungYeh57 alleged sweet-talk online male promises guaranteed crypto returns; planned480000NTD purchase nearly lost, bank spotted anomaly. Attempted financial extraction, not completed loss or actual crypto-transfer record; truncated bank paragraph does not independently prove final money interception. Guaranteed no-loss profit promise is explicit; planned crypto purchase remains attempted, not paid.
Reported caseOkezoneLoveScamming/fakeinvestment sourceheadline saysusingMalaysiainfluencerphoto, policewarnotherpossibletargets. Impersonation claim/possiblevictimnumbers notverifiedcounts/actualMalaysianoperator.
Reported casePoldaMetroJaya threeLoveScam suspects/21targets, good-looking date faces/deposit-money lure. Policearrests reported; no precise actualnetloss or fakecelebritypersona confirmed solelyfromattractiveface.
Reported casePoldaMetroJaya LoveScamming/onlineinvestments source reports hundreds-of-million IDR losses;19title423million exactsource,1hundreds-of-million threshold only. Emotionalmanipulation/romanticbait, no aggregate21times423million or actualguiltyfinding.
Reported caseCrescentCityPutnam woman loses money and car to falseJasonMomoa; daughter discloses to help others. Own financial/property andrelative statement, not realcelebrityoffender or actual medicaldiagnosis/confirmed returned assets.
Reported caseBunschoten-Spakenburg33 arrested suspected dating fraud with five women/45000EUR borrowed money from dating/social contacts. Investigation end2024; June19year not guessed. Prior borrowing pretext not actual target indebtedness, five harmed people not five independent verified cases. Investigation beginning end2024 is explicit; borrowed money here does not establish target debt.
Reported caseSunshine Coast53 male fraud5000 arrest follows original woman report and additional targets; police attributed online promise of romance. Own short text not named Snow or actual sum110000, no charge/conviction inferred from arrested for phrase. Source-specific originalRCMP checks may qualify separately. Original woman report and earned trust are explicit; no named subject or charge inferred from other sources.
Reported casePortuguese report says suspected love-fraud man arrested and used false profiles/marriage promises to obtain money. Alleged bait and reported arrest, no actual conviction or quantified completed transfer.
Reported caseKorean FSS consumer caution describes false foreign persona/SNS-dating contacts inducing crypto investment and money extraction. General warning and authority initiative, not measured efficacy or foreign-national operator location. No count or clinical harm established.
Prevention & supportSouthamptonPaulDavies believes falseJenniferAniston contact, source deepfake romance-scam headline. Reported synthetic/impersonation claim not independently examined media-forensic evidence; no own amount/medical injury.
Reported case52 people/six Chinese nationals arrested in online-dating/illegal-crypto case; fake call centre/dating lure and unauthorized crypto transactions explicitly stated. Coordinated group allegation, not all52Chinese, allvictims, crypto investment or verified guilt.
Reported caseYahooBoys Nigeria romance-fraud industry feature cites falseBradPitt relationship as example. Broadagency/wealth reputationalclaims not independentoperatoridentity/countrycausation/unique incidents or allBradPittcases samefamily.
Research & trendsKorean FSS consumer caution describes false foreign persona/SNS-dating contacts inducing crypto investment and money extraction. General warning and authority initiative, not measured efficacy or foreign-national operator location. No count or clinical harm established.
Prevention & supportBritish male loses hundredsUSD to fakeJenniferAniston AI-video/Apple-subscription pretext. Romancecounterfeit persona/source syntheticclaim, not genuinecelebrityneed/operatornationality or independentvideoauthenticity.
Reported caseZaragozaPilarArtal52Instagramattempted sentimental scam/falseperson emotionallydevastating; quotation saysnot robbedmoney butendsmidword. Attemptnotpaidfinancialloss/clinicaldiagnosis; truncateddenial preserved notinvented sum/recovery. AccessibleHeraldo standfirst completes no-money-stolen claim; displayed1.8million familybusiness-diversion paragraph concernsdifferentwoman, notPilar. Partialaccessiblearticle isnotfullbody/medicalverification; noher1.8millionloss oroffendingcode.
Reported caseMarie-Jose82 returnedFrance afterSeptemberdeparture forIvorian28/falseFredericLopez allegation byson; wantsreturntoIvoryCoast. Age/realtravel notclinicalcapacityproof, familyaccusationnotcourt finding; returnnotscamrefund/necessarilyprovidedassistance. SeparatefullDNAsyndication attributes100000EUR/abuse-of-weakness toson whileMarie-Joseclaimsconsent/goodtreatment andwantstoreturn. Noindependentcapacityassessment/forcedtravel/netlossverification; strongerlayer doesnotfill missingownmetadata.
Reported caseHannover34temporarilyarrested atstagedmoneyhandover after allegedfeignedlovefraud. Arrestprocedure actualreported; noowncompletedtargetsum orconviction fromguardedquestionheadline. Thursday not datedcalendar.
Reported caseYunlin35Zhao fakeonlinewife/romanticlanguage coopts4women50s60s ascashcouriers/3000perpickup; fourwomen arrested andall5remanded. Courtremandnotconviction, claimedwillingnessnotclinicalcoercion/verifiedknowledge. Couriersvsunderlyingfinancialtargets distinct, commissionnotnetloss.
Reported caseMarie-Jose82Rouen falseFredericLopezIvoryCoastrelationship/returnFrance, familypublichelpappeal andwishleaveagain. Returnnotfundsrecovery/clinicalincapacity, familyhelprequest notprovenprovidedservice. SeparatefullDNAsyndication attributes100000EUR/abuse-of-weakness toson whileMarie-Joseclaimsconsent/goodtreatment andwantstoreturn. Noindependentcapacityassessment/forcedtravel/netlossverification; strongerlayer doesnotfill missingownmetadata.
Reported caseFrenchQuebec lovefraud guide falseintimategreetings/promises/plans thenmoneyrequests, claimsoldersusceptibility. Generalrelationship/trust mechanism andwarnings, noactualnetvictimloss/clinicallyprovedagecause/independentprevalence.
Prevention & supportSapporo60smale SNSRomance loss406millionJPY, sourcepolice sayssecondhighestknownsinglecase byreportedamount.4億600万円=406millionnot460million/4.6billion; Mayenddiscoveryyearnotfilledfromobservation. Rankingnotindependentglobalprevalence.
Reported caseYunlinpolice35Zhaofalseaffection-plus3000NTDfirstwithdrawalcommissions recruitsfour~60female cashcouriers. Proposedreward nottargetsRomancenetloss; allegedoperation roles/coordinatedcashcollection and deceptiveintimacy, noallwomenknowingguilt/forcedwork/newconviction. Emotionallycooptedfemale cashcourier role remainsoperationparticipant, knowledge/guilt/coercion notindependentlyproved. Proposedcommission not netvictimloss.
Reported caseYunlinpolice35Zhaofalseaffection-plus3000NTDfirstwithdrawalcommissions recruitsfour~60female cashcouriers. Proposedreward nottargetsRomancenetloss; allegedoperation roles/coordinatedcashcollection and deceptiveintimacy, noallwomenknowingguilt/forcedwork/newconviction. Emotionallycooptedfemale cashcourier role remainsoperationparticipant, knowledge/guilt/coercion notindependentlyproved. Proposedcommission not netvictimloss.
Reported caseMarie-Jose82 returnedFrance afterSeptemberdeparture forIvorian28/falseFredericLopez allegation byson; wantsreturntoIvoryCoast. Age/realtravel notclinicalcapacityproof, familyaccusationnotcourt finding; returnnotscamrefund/necessarilyprovidedassistance. SeparatefullDNAsyndication attributes100000EUR/abuse-of-weakness toson whileMarie-Joseclaimsconsent/goodtreatment andwantstoreturn. Noindependentcapacityassessment/forcedtravel/netlossverification; strongerlayer doesnotfill missingownmetadata.
Reported casePseudonymXiaoHao metfalsemodelXiaoMei ondatingapp paid400000NTD photobook-sales promise and policeinformedvictim ofRomancefraud. Pseudonymsnotrealidentity, not LinMuxiAriel link byphotobook alone. Titlevolcano-filial/romancebrain stigma retained as sourceframing, notresearcherjudgment. Stigmatizingromancebrain/cashmachinetitle attributed toreporterialframing, nottargetselfblame or researcherendorsement. Pseudonymscannotbridge namedArielcase without strongerexplicitcontext.
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