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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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YurihonjoAkita60 male1184000 e-money fake Honda Tsubasa Facebook/LINE account. Not cryptocurrency, claimed celebrity not operator, last October has no inferred year. Bind R:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description. Bind T:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Reported caseArizona father/fake relationship financial lure; source includes romantic OR platonic confidence scheme. Mixed relationship scope, not every investment scam intimate nor unspecified lost amount verified.
Reported caseFake Enrique Iglesias romance source context, singer warns fans and63-year-old target in own expanded context. No payment/clinical amount borrowed from neighbouring articles or source URL.
Reported caseUnverified Kenyan girlfriend allegation17millionKsh, promised divorce/marriage and threat to kill her. Reported allegation retained, threat not completed homicide/physical injury, claimed Chinese identity not operation location.
Reported caseAkita20 male300000 crypto romance marriage-fund investment loss. Explicit source romantic purpose, no year inferred from11th or actual recovery. Bind I:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description. Bind Rt:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Reported caseTakasaki39 female SNS romance705000 e-money source, headline rounded700000 not silently corrected/added. Rapport/platform only expanded own text, no verified psychiatric harm. Own reread source supports Rt:d with its stated attribution/scope. Own reread source supports T:d with its stated attribution/scope. Own explicit SNS rapport and electronic-money amount, not inferred from age/occupation.
Reported caseFrench Carole50 describes online relationship false Moroccan house-construction/decor payment pretexts. Property project not proven investment returns/home forfeiture, location claim not operation country.
Reported caseYurihonjoAkita60 male1184000 e-money fake Honda Tsubasa Facebook/LINE account. Not cryptocurrency, claimed celebrity not operator, last October has no inferred year. Bind R:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Reported caseCampbellScott allegedly dating-app lured, robbed1.9millionKsh and found dead MakongoForest/Makueni. Reported targeted financial ambush using dating lure; attributed killing/robbery not independently verified causality or convicted identities, method/graphic details omitted. Own reread source supports H:d with its stated attribution/scope. Source explicitly says killers/robbery and body found dead. Attributed financial dating ambush homicide, no independent clinical/court causality; no manner/graphic details in public interpretation. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. CampbellScott58 own reported financial dating ambush retains source-attributed homicide/robbery, not independently verified medical causality or guilt.1900000Ksh/12000GBP is one converted claim, not two losses. Police allegation and inconclusive autopsy/toxicology remain distinct; no graphic details. Three wanted names not equivalent to two arrests,21-day custody not imposed sentence. Scots identity not operation country, workplace agency not employer theft. Relative February16/22 no inferred year or death date. No all gang targets one incident, target sexual assault, diagnosed clinical harm, forced-work participation, threat-based demand, investment return, formal forged ID, refund or independently established network inferred.
Reported caseRomagna58 man reports almost30000EUR online relationship with nonexistent woman; source says transfers/false promises. No verified operator country, recovery or clinical diagnosis, same copies not added losses. Own sparse virtual-relationship loss has no separate trust-manipulation detail/Romagna; retain fabricated relationship and amount only.
Reported caseEastDelhi BigDaddyBar fake dating profiles/intimacy lure inflated bills and four men arrested. Police accusation not conviction, real women involved not automatically each victim of trafficking, financial amount unknown.
Reported caseSelina account of father paying phone conversations with unseen claimed girlfriend; relatives believe fraud. Disputed source attribution retained, not independently verified guilt, payment amount or clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseRomagna58 man reports almost30000EUR online relationship with nonexistent woman; source says transfers/false promises. No verified operator country, recovery or clinical diagnosis, same copies not added losses.
Reported caseMalayalam Delhi fake dating-app profiles/bar fraud and arrests, financial social/dating lure. No inferred rape/sex assault/clinical harm or sum from app name; court guilt unknown. Bind E:d to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Reported caseChild reports father paying100000 to nonexistent female relationship. Source feeling empty attributed to speaker, not independently diagnosed parental harm or proof of suicide/death. Bind Rf:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
Reported caseChinese36 men allegedly induced to mortgage/buy homes for same girlfriendLiuJia/property agent. Source claims not verified legal judgment, purchased property not necessarily forfeited/homeless. Currency conversions/headerloan values not additive or all36 equal individual losses; keep source differences. Own contextual reread supports Rf:t with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Reported caseJuliaSimpson68 pseudonym/DanielPeeters romance22kGBP versus25kEUR sourceconversion andlife-savings. Claimed58widowerCambridge not verified persona/location; Maylastyear no inferredyear, betrayed/tornlife not psychiatric diagnosis. Own request/marriage passage demonstrates false relationship/trust inducement, not additional independently established impersonated identity. Own contextual reread supports Rf:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports Rt:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Julia pseudonym and22kGBP/25kEUR source conversions not summed; torn to bits does not supply an independent clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseMeta reports400000 romance-related accounts detected/removed eachyear, fake celebrity love stories. Accounttakedowns not400000uniquecriminals/victims, corporateclaim not independent efficacy measurement; unspecified year remainsunknown.
Research & trendsJuliaSimpson68 pseudonym/DanielPeeters romance22kGBP versus25kEUR sourceconversion andlife-savings. Claimed58widowerCambridge not verified persona/location; Maylastyear no inferredyear, betrayed/tornlife not psychiatric diagnosis. Own contextual reread supports T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own fraudster alias supports impersonation; Julia pseudonym retained, claimed Cambridge/age/widower identity not verified location/date. Relative May lastyear not assigned year.
Reported caseJuliaSimpson68 pseudonym/DanielPeeters romance22kGBP versus25kEUR sourceconversion andlife-savings. Claimed58widowerCambridge not verified persona/location; Maylastyear no inferredyear, betrayed/tornlife not psychiatric diagnosis. Own request/marriage passage demonstrates false relationship/trust inducement, not additional independently established impersonated identity. Own contextual reread supports Rf:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports Rt:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Julia pseudonym and22kGBP/25kEUR source conversions not summed; torn to bits does not supply an independent clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseShenzhen36men falselypromised dating/marriage/cohabitation byLiuJia propertysaleswoman, inducedflatpurchase/mortgage. Source allegedexploitativepurchase notallhomesconfiscated orpriceentirelystolen/netloss. 140000USD mortgage/sourceconversion notaggregateall36 summed; retain uncertainty in legal identity/guilt.
Reported casePluederhausen/Boeblingen twoLoveScamming cases withfalse romanticrelationships, one500000 loss. Distinctcases, noteverywoman500000 or1millionaggregate; sourceformalclassificationnotconviction orclinicaldiagnosis.
Reported caseTaiwan34 Xie reportsThai25Khuntida marriage/property-improvement pretext9300000THB/900–9060000NTD orMYR conversion. House sold/52transfers only ownexpanded versions, no automatic ownership confiscation/homelessness. Source allegation not guilty verdict, nationality not operator origin, reports inThailand jurisdiction. Bind F:d to actual own source field. Own contextual reread supports Rt:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports I:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports Ip:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports Q:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports Fpr:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Marriage and claimed renovation/valuation were loan-request pretexts.52 transfers and sold house reported; alleged price increase not actual returns. Sold ownership is not involuntary forfeiture or homelessness; requested loans not proved new debt.
Reported caseChinese36 men allegedly induced to mortgage/buy homes for same girlfriendLiuJia/property agent. Source claims not verified legal judgment, purchased property not necessarily forfeited/homeless. Currency conversions/headerloan values not additive or all36 equal individual losses; keep source differences. Own property-trap title has no mortgage/debt fact. No borrowing loans/amounts from36-men variants. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Own LiuJia/36/Shenzhen/Huizhou/Atao property-bait context supports false romantic confidence and loan burden while140000USD is not each target's proven net loss or all property forfeited. Hunan/ecommerce persona and realtor accounts remain source-attributed, not independently established occupation or operation location. Separate ShanghaiMeng fake-wedding/relatives contract-fraud imprisonment is not LiuJia conviction or necessarily the same financial-romance case; no legal outcome borrowed. Lastmonth not dated from observation. No clinical/serious/family/material harm, extortion, investment-return promise, forged paperwork, coerced participation or verified network inferred. Partial SCMP and other copies retain their own scope.
Reported caseShenzhen36men falselypromised dating/marriage/cohabitation byLiuJia propertysaleswoman, inducedflatpurchase/mortgage. Source allegedexploitativepurchase notallhomesconfiscated orpriceentirelystolen/netloss. 140000USD mortgage/sourceconversion notaggregateall36 summed; retain uncertainty in legal identity/guilt.
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