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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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Lüdinghausen false-doctor LoveScam fourdigit unspecifiedcurrencyloss. Falsephysicianheadline notactualUSoffender/realphysician; differentstronger USdoctorcourting bodypotentialsamecase needs ownsourcebridge, no exactamount/clinicalharmfilled.
Reported caseAll24 themes and country/date roles assessed on the saved own-body interpretation. General prevention, not one verified crime or all friendship-based investment events classified Romance. Repeated investment requests, remote control, fake crypto-site warning and advertised mule/trafficking risks remain general advice. No actual named victim, paid loss, raid, arrest, recovery, court outcome, forced work incident, clinical distress or measured service effectiveness. Early reporting advice is not guaranteed refund. Seminar April8 lacks its own explicit year in saved interpretation, so no publication-derived incident date. Queens agency name is not target residence/operation-country proof; countries remain unknown.
Prevention & supportJeanMidwestRomancevictimfaces29years andfour-year consequences; mediaexplicitlyimaginesrepresentativephoto notactualportrait. Potentialmaximumnotimposedsentence/conviction, sparseowncontext lacksmoney-mule/evidenceknowingintent/actualpaidloss; selected deepercontext pending. Current source-specific layer: All24 themes/roles/dates assessed. Named/pseudonymous Jean remains source-attributed, no identity or knowing intent independently verified. 300000cash converted to Bitcoin for alleged partner differs from200000 own personal loss and250000 legal fees; do not add as one personal loss or equate all routes. Reported raid/indictment are not conviction;29years/500000 fine potential, not imposed or paid. Source representative AI portrait is not offender deepfake evidence. No clinical diagnosis, housing loss, forced work, independent exoneration or actual recovery. Midwest does not alone resolve state; jurisdiction/operation/victim country and absolute dates unknown.
Reported caseLüdinghausen woman internetfalseUSdoctor courtedandmoneytaken, policewarning. Actualpaidlossunspecifiedamount; Americanpersona notactualoperatorUSA/physician, no medicalinjury/crypto assumed.
Reported caseYonabaru60male2450000JPY SNSRomance affection/closeness. Ownamountno explicitcryptopayment despitepossibleother245mreport, nonexactmonth/day andassumedoperatorcountryunknown.
Reported caseMoringen woman fakeBritishsinger internetRomance/visitpretext20000EUR mostlyprepaidcreditcards andAprilpolicereport. Notcrypto/realBritishoffender/actualGermanyvisit; earlyFebruaryandAprilwithoutstatedyear retainunknowncalendar.
Reported caseSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportOnomichi woman60s about 45000000 JPY cryptocurrency romance loss, proposed shared overseas-trip funds. No actual travel completed, clinical distress or operator place inferred.
Reported caseSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportSpecific online romance-scam protection guide: attention and affirmation used in manipulation. Generic warning not named target, verified personal loss or clinical outcome.
Prevention & supportCharles Uchenna Nwadavid $2.5 million romance-fraud allegations, charge/arrest variants. Faces twenty or forty years refers potential maximum, not imposed/served sentence; no conviction inferred. Nigerian residence and UK departure not victim country or whole-network operating jurisdiction. Current source-specific layer: Potential maximum is not an imposed term. DOJ-attributed Binance link is not an official primary citation or independently reproduced tracing. No Massachusetts-intermediary residence/nationality/intent inferred beyond own role context.
Reported caseComparative Taiwan/Korea/Japan fraud scripts include fake American soldier/MSF doctor romantic identities; Osaka proposed ban on phone use at ATM. Policy proposal not enacted or all ATM scams romantic; descriptive comparison not empirical causal trend.
Research & trendsFrench source describes an Oklahoma woman accused of online romantic deceptions targeting elderly women and $1.5 million stolen. Aggregate source claim not single victim loss; no laundering, seizure or conviction inferred from other versions.
Reported caseOklahoma authorities allege woman posed as men to target elderly people through love scams; source names Christine Echohawk. Allegation not court determination, no exact sum or arrest/conviction filled from companion coverage.
Reported caseMeldpunt nonfiction programme description about psychological manipulation and money extracted through online dating. Hundreds annually attributed source estimate, not verified national incidence or watched episodes.
Prevention & supportOklahoma allegedly posed as men in fake romances; December2024 claimedJasonMorris oilvessel/Alaska barrel story asks elderly girlfriend120000USD. Request not already paid amount, oil/Alaska not actual scammer location,1.5million aggregate not single victim loss. Own convinced-to-send phrasing supports solicitation, not confirmed execution; official120000 bankinterception remains separate qualified layer. No sum of solicitation and held payment.
Reported caseOklahoma allegedly posed as men in fake romances; December2024 claimedJasonMorris oilvessel/Alaska barrel story asks elderly girlfriend120000USD. Request not already paid amount, oil/Alaska not actual scammer location,1.5million aggregate not single victim loss. Own convinced-to-send phrasing supports solicitation, not confirmed execution; official120000 bankinterception remains separate qualified layer. No sum of solicitation and held payment.
Reported caseCayuga Sheriff specific romance warning, dating/social media and false romantic identities. Claimed increase/regular complaints not quantified independent incidence. No arrest or paid-loss figure.
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