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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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A Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportA 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 & supportA multi-topic programme or consumer notice briefly mentions a romance-scam warning. Its other stories and product-health concerns are not coded as scam harms.
Related mentionA 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 & supportPolice report a Hokkaido monk arrested or re-arrested over an alleged ¥2.5m romance fraud involving a 65-year-old Iwate man. The report does not establish conviction.
Reported casePolice report a Hokkaido monk arrested or re-arrested over an alleged ¥2.5m romance fraud involving a 65-year-old Iwate man. The report does not establish conviction.
Reported casePolice report a Hokkaido monk arrested or re-arrested over an alleged ¥2.5m romance fraud involving a 65-year-old Iwate man. The report does not establish conviction.
Reported caseA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportIwate police report a Hokkaido monk suspected of inducing romantic feelings in a 65-year-old Iwate man and obtaining about ¥2.5m. Arrest or re-arrest does not establish guilt.
Reported caseSpanish reporting describes eleven arrests across five provinces and alleged diversion of funds from 55 families through a travel-agency front. Arrests are not convictions and family counts are not necessarily romance victims.
Reported caseA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
Prevention & supportPolice allege Tokuyū Gotō conspired to pose as a Japanese woman abroad and obtain ¥2.5m in delivery fees from an Ōfunato man during March–April 2024. He denies the allegation. A promised ¥500m charitable transfer is a pretext, not recovered money.
Reported caseA press release promotes a Sacramento dating-fraud investigator. Its claim to be best is advertising, not independent service evaluation.
CommentaryIwate police report the arrest or re-arrest of a Hokkaido monk over an alleged ¥2.5m romance fraud affecting a 65-year-old Iwate man. No conviction is established.
Reported casePolice report a Hokkaido monk arrested or re-arrested over an alleged ¥2.5m romance fraud involving a 65-year-old Iwate man. The report does not establish conviction.
Reported casePolice report a Hokkaido monk arrested or re-arrested over an alleged ¥2.5m romantic deception of a 65-year-old Iwate man. The stated payment pretext was delivery costs in some versions.
Reported caseIwate police report the arrest or re-arrest of a Hokkaido monk over an alleged ¥2.5m romance fraud affecting a 65-year-old Iwate man. No conviction is established.
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 & supportIwate police report the arrest or re-arrest of a Hokkaido monk over an alleged ¥2.5m romance fraud affecting a 65-year-old Iwate man. No conviction is established.
Reported caseA warning, educational notice or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. The excerpt does not independently establish seasonal incidence or prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportA warning discusses AI or deepfake-assisted romance fraud. It gives no evaluated effect or representative estimate of AI use.
Prevention & supportExperts warn that new technology makes romance scams convincing. The unspecified technology is not automatically coded as AI.
Prevention & supportA Valentine’s-period warning or advice item discusses romantic financial deception. A seasonal increase asserted in a headline is not a measured trend or evidence that the advice works.
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 & supportPolice report a Hokkaido monk arrested or re-arrested over an alleged ¥2.5m romantic deception of a 65-year-old Iwate man. The stated payment pretext was delivery costs in some versions.
Reported case