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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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Catfishing-for-crypto dating-user warning/sourceclaimedAI fake messagingprofiles. General source mechanism claimnotempiricalincrease, verifiedspecificmodelattack oractualcashlost. Source synthetic-profile/girlfriend allegation not independently verified AI generation.
CommentaryBoeblingen womanaround500000EUR online lovefraud/commonlife promises/repeated requests. Genericshortcopy retainsunknowncity/detail; copiesnotnewvictims, repeatedrequests same describedoperator not manyindependentcases, unknown restitution. Own contextual reread supports Rt: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 T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own chat/shared-life promise/repeated requests support mechanisms; absent clipped county is not borrowed from fuller variants.
Reported caseKeelung prosecution6 allegedlyfake-crypto brokers/couriers/finance actors and olderXu property mortgage47million-scale romance loss. Two mortgages actual encumbrance not home confiscation/homelessness; aggregate47.37m/47m rounded scopes retained. Charged/arrested, heavy term REQUESTED not imposed. Fake cryptocurrency investment/brokers and purchase do not establish onchain payment. Keep actual financial loss, property mortgages, alleged network, arrest and charge; requested heavy term is not imposed sentence. Own contextual reread supports I:d with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Reported caseBoeblingen womanaround500000EUR online lovefraud/commonlife promises/repeated requests. Genericshortcopy retainsunknowncity/detail; copiesnotnewvictims, repeatedrequests same describedoperator not manyindependentcases, unknown restitution. Own contextual reread supports Rt: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 T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own chat/shared-life promise/repeated requests support mechanisms; absent clipped county is not borrowed from fuller variants.
Reported caseRomanian DNSC romance-fraud warning for women/socialmedia/dating contacts. Warning and source risk claim not all women victims or measured incidence; March8 audience occasion not every event date/year. Own contextual reread supports R:d with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Prevention & supportBrandenburg fake-love offenders/person now beforecourt. Courtappearance not provenconviction/imposedterm, no identity/payment fromshortsource. Generalrepeatcasesnotallone defendant.
Reported caseBrandenburg fake-love offenders/person now beforecourt. Courtappearance not provenconviction/imposedterm, no identity/payment fromshortsource. Generalrepeatcasesnotallone defendant.
Reported caseBoeblingen womanaround500000EUR online lovefraud/commonlife promises/repeated requests. Genericshortcopy retainsunknowncity/detail; copiesnotnewvictims, repeatedrequests same describedoperator not manyindependentcases, unknown restitution. Own contextual reread supports Rt: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 T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own chat/shared-life promise/repeated requests support mechanisms; absent clipped county is not borrowed from fuller variants.
Reported caseBoeblingen womanaround500000EUR online lovefraud/commonlife promises/repeated requests. Genericshortcopy retainsunknowncity/detail; copiesnotnewvictims, repeatedrequests same describedoperator not manyindependentcases, unknown restitution. Own contextual reread supports Rt: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 T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own chat/shared-life promise/repeated requests support mechanisms; absent clipped county is not borrowed from fuller variants.
Reported caseKeelung prosecution6 allegedlyfake-crypto brokers/couriers/finance actors and olderXu property mortgage47million-scale romance loss. Two mortgages actual encumbrance not home confiscation/homelessness; aggregate47.37m/47m rounded scopes retained. Charged/arrested, heavy term REQUESTED not imposed. Fake cryptocurrency investment/brokers and purchase do not establish onchain payment. Keep actual financial loss, property mortgages, alleged network, arrest and charge; requested heavy term is not imposed sentence. Own contextual reread supports I:d with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Reported caseBoeblingen womanaround500000EUR online lovefraud/commonlife promises/repeated requests. Genericshortcopy retainsunknowncity/detail; copiesnotnewvictims, repeatedrequests same describedoperator not manyindependentcases, unknown restitution. Own contextual reread supports Rt: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 T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own chat/shared-life promise/repeated requests support mechanisms; absent clipped county is not borrowed from fuller variants.
Reported caseBoeblingen womanaround500000EUR online lovefraud/commonlife promises/repeated requests. Genericshortcopy retainsunknowncity/detail; copiesnotnewvictims, repeatedrequests same describedoperator not manyindependentcases, unknown restitution. Own contextual reread supports Rt: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 T:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own chat/shared-life promise/repeated requests support mechanisms; absent clipped county is not borrowed from fuller variants.
Reported caseChanghuaSha70 courier caught collecting50000 from vegetablegranny fakeinvestment, reportedlyhimselfromancetarget ofunseenonlinewoman. Othergrannyinvestment loss not hisromancecashloss; suspectedtargetparticipantrole not innocence/conviction, sourceoldmanisolation not everygranny lonelier. Own contextual reread supports Pisolated:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports Rf:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Reported isolated courier claims romance trap. Other granny investment collection is separate target/type; no completed romance cash loss assigned. Police referral is not established prosecutorial charge.
Reported caseMichigan man beaten androbbed afterdating-appambush, policewarn. Financialintimate bait/sourceattributedphysicalattack and completedrobbery, unknownpaidamount/year/operatoridentity; warning not measuredriskreduction. Dating ambush source-attributed robbery/physical assault; no independently verified guilt/date from Monday/observation. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed, retaining own financial/physical attack/platform/warning metadata. Own Warren financial dating ambush adds arrest and attributed blame; multiple suspects alone do not prove a broader network or all case roles. Amount unknown and Monday lacks an explicit year. No new formal charges, conviction, sexual assault, homicide, clinical injury, financial refund, extortion demand, forged ID, investment or operator nationality inferred. Other syndications do not inherit the WKFR body or external FOX2 reporter's details without their own evidence. Blame is quoted/challenged by the research method, not an endorsed claim of target fault.
Reported caseArabic source Shanghai male28kUSD fabricatedAI girlfriend financial-romance allegation attributed to Chinese media. Reported synthetic persona, not independently verified model technology/operator identity or same as female-streamer800k case. Source synthetic-profile/girlfriend allegation not independently verified AI generation.
Reported caseTaitungGuanshan64woman threeonlinehusbands/two-months money/package scam150000prevented aftercounterwarning/policereport. Threepersonas notnecessarilythreedifferentoperators; allattempts notactualpaidcash, datesyearunknown.
Reported caseDonggang police two middle-aged complainants help catch79/65 female couriers, themselves described as love-fraud targets. One Syrian-general marriage/UN900000 pretext payment where own source explicit. Mixed courier roles/source associated victimization not legal innocence, two arrestdates no year inferred. Two79/65 couriers claim victimization;900000 paid relates source target described, not each courier/all targets. Apprehension not guilt; no year inferred from3月3、4日.
Reported caseDonggang police two middle-aged complainants help catch79/65 female couriers, themselves described as love-fraud targets. One Syrian-general marriage/UN900000 pretext payment where own source explicit. Mixed courier roles/source associated victimization not legal innocence, two arrestdates no year inferred. Two79/65 couriers claim victimization;900000 paid relates source target described, not each courier/all targets. Apprehension not guilt; no year inferred from3月3、4日.
Reported caseCosenza three arrested in described financialSextortion AND LoveScam strategies. Mixedmethods notallRomance targetssexualvictims or eacharrestee convicted; actualamount unknown.
Reported caseWanrong nephew allegedly fabricated online girlfriend/boss/matchmaker identities for known-relative fraud, one suspect arrested. Kinship andoneoperator role-division not necessarily organized multi-person network, unknown actual paid sum.
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:d with source attribution and stated role/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. Own sales/property purchase context has no actual mortgage/debt. False promised marriage remains; not all property ownership stolen.
Reported caseDresden GhanaianallegedLiebesbetrueger112000/12targets withmother/brothers beforecourt. Moneyaggregateallegationnotalltargetsnetloss, name/nationalitynotoperationcountry, notyetconvicted/sentenced. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Own alleged FelixB31/112240EUR/12 targets/family roles remain source attribution, not independent guilty findings or all target net losses. Trial underway and possible plea-linked sentence are not imposed sentence, conviction or formal guilty plea. Italian account-operation role is limited to financial accounts, not all operators' residence; doctor/soldier US/Syria personas do not establish actual country roles or forged credentials. DNN unnamed31 lead remains a possible bridge, no new verdict copied into BILD. No inferred clinical/serious/material harms, coerced participation, extortion, investment, AI, crypto or exact date. Missing-line reread was completed in preserved access receipt, not a new download here.
Reported caseMale reported27000 fakeAI girlfriend financialloss. Source claimsyntheticrelationship not independentlyconfirmedtechnicalpipeline or sameeveryShanghai28ktranslation; exactamount/currencyvariantsretainownscope. Source synthetic-profile/girlfriend allegation not independently verified AI generation.
Reported case47-year-old Nigerian Darlington source romance wire/conspiracy guilty plea. Nationality not criminal-operation country, plea not imposed prison term or3million netloss each target. Plea reported;3m scheme value not automatically personal netloss;20years faced is exposure not imposed term, Nigerian nationality not operating country. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Preserve completed guilty plea separately from arrest, charge, planned sentencing and maximum exposure. False identities/business/emergency pretexts and source-attributed ring are distinct from formal forged documents, financial-operator nationality, crypto or investment-return promises. Credit lines support disruption, but vehicle ownership/outcome not sufficiently specified to claim target property loss. Reporting shame not organizational failure. Sood2024 recap is not her current guilty plea or same legal outcome as Akporugo. No court-approved all term served, refund, coerced work, violence, clinical/family/material harms, exact event year from observation or operator country from Nigerian identity.
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