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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 | 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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Shengzhou woman romantic fakeinvestment police/Xinchang joint interception270000. Source saved/recovered wording does not demonstrate victim returned money after completed loss; prevention/attempt stage explicitheadline.
Reported caseTamsui80 man believes online fakefianceAlice kidnapped; police explain deception. No own ransom payment/request amount or actual kidnapping/homicide; practical prevention help not recovered funds. Own contextual reread supports Ar:d with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Reported caseFrenchfalseAIgirlfriend onlineRomancewarning/photosvideosfakeidentities. Attributedgrowingclaim notindependenttrend/guilt, no actualpaidamountorindividualvictimage.
Prevention & supportOcéaneAlger source-associatedsuicidedeathin2018, sisterongoingPreventionOcéane remembrance/awareness. Historicaldeathnotnew2025event; causeattributednotindependentclinicalcausality. Graphicmethod omittedfrominterpretation. Bind Ad:t to actual own source field. Sister testimonyexplicitheading; historical2018 death, associationsnotindependentcause. Graphic method not repeatedininterpretation/publicsummary. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Preserve source-associated death and sister testimony without graphic details or independent medical causal inference. Stolen checks/deposit facilitation are not automatically target net financial loss; damages award is not repayment. Suspended sentence not actual imprisonment. Accomplice, bank and photo-author proceedings retain distinct roles; their mention does not establish all participants guilty, one institutional misconduct event or target involvement in forged identity. Sister remembrance is not itself clinical distress/family conflict. No new housing, physical/sexual/homicide harm, extortion, trafficking, investment, AI or crypto inferred. Service foundation/support is not measured preventive efficacy. Country roles and exact court dates not filled from publication.
Reported caseSpanishShanghai27year-old man financial-romance deception by generatedwoman. Own headline lacks amount; no27000 orotherdate borrowed.
Reported caseOwn MrLiu falseonlineAI girlfriend21kGBP andsuspicionafterunmetchat. Monetaryconversionnotdistinctbyamount, refusalmeetnotadditionaldirectlegalproof; no otherclinicaldetails/countrycityborrowed.
Reported casePalermo threeaccused60extortions50LoveScam andfakeSNSrelationships. Intro asksidiot/gullible/lonely aboutsharingintimatevideos: quotedprovocative sourceframing, not researchendorsement/diagnosis or inferredspeakerintent. Investigative discovery not formal conviction.
Reported caseOwn MrLiu falseonlineAI girlfriend21kGBP andsuspicionafterunmetchat. Monetaryconversionnotdistinctbyamount, refusalmeetnotadditionaldirectlegalproof; no otherclinicaldetails/countrycityborrowed. Bind Rf:t to actual own source field.
Reported caseFengyuan65 Hsu openingaccountforclaimedUSoilboyfriendMike33billionUSDpromisedinbound funds. Requestedaccountfacilitation/attempt notactualsumreceivedorpaidnetloss/offenderUSlocation.
Prevention & supportNorthBaywoman300000 loss afterOkCupid romance contact, sharingaccount. No fulltargetname/medicaldiagnosis/currency added, notall300kcases. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed, retaining own reported300000 loss, platform and disclosure metadata. Named RajniGoswami/falseHarryBurter case is not generic NorthBay300k programme solely by amount. Turkey job/LosAltos persona residence do not locate operator. Photos of identification not verified forged documents; hypnotized is metaphor, not diagnosis. Concealment from daughter not demonstrated family conflict. Associates' claim persona died is not confirmed death. Bank explanation not returned funds or actual institutional misconduct. No investment return, extortion, network, serious harm, employment theft or enacted policy inferred. Target/operator countries and dates require their own evidence, not nationality/persona/publication proxies.
Reported caseSupremeCourt exampleHuangandtwoothers formaldating-marriagefraud over100targets/over100million andthree leaderslifeimprisonment. Actualsentencesnotall four otherarticleleaders106recruited; countcaseandgroup scope differs, no newjudgmentday fromFeb24case-release. Own contextual reread supports Psy:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own general emotional-plus-financialharm assertion codedassuch, not specificdiagnosis orallnamedtargetsequaldistress.
Reported caseJapanese14targets/150million allegedRomance investmentSNS;11Nigerian nationalsarrestedbylocalpolice. Headline3.5billionperdaylastyearseparatenationalaggregate, notsamecase/the11allconvicted orNigeriafromnationality. Bind Rt:d to actual own source field. Sourceinducesaffinity/love andfinancialinvestment requests, notseparateprovedfakegirlfriendidentity.11nationalitiesdonotlocateeveryoperator,14targetsnot11convicted.
Reported caseOwnShanghai male falseAI girlfriend financial-romance reported28000USD/27568USD/200000CNY/Rs24lakh. These sourceprecision/conversions notmultiplevictims. MrLiu/MsJiao andsyntheticphotos/video onlyownfullsource; Chinaidentitynotcriminaloperatorcountry, state-media allegationnotverifiedtechnology, WednesdayFeb26 notincidentday.
Reported caseChanghua60female proposed300000fundinvestment toonlinehusband, bank/police detectandcancel. Attemptnotpaidnetloss, fakeadvisorrelationship no actualforex crypto/paymentdate year.
Prevention & supportOwn Arabic source Shanghai male about28000USD false AI girlfriend financial-romance allegation. CCTV/source attribution not independently verified AI, amount conversions/rounded30000 headline not additional victims; nationality not operation country. Expanded namedJiao/photos/video/bank transfer only own source, no actual year from Wednesday. Bind F:d to actual own source field.
Reported caseTamsui80 fakeGermanRNfianceAlice allegedkidnap pretext,70kTWDpaid andpolicesupport. Fictionalpersonkidnapnotactualhomicide, coldpolicecomplaintnotverifiedinstitutionalharm; earlier/laterbareversionscannoterasefullpaidloss.
Reported caseSwissRomancefalse-love warningcampaign. Emotiondependency/trustonlyexpanded124, sparse125/181do notinherit deliveredservice/date/effect orsamevictim. Own contextual reread supports Rt:d with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Prevention & supportHakatafemale3000000-equivalent SNSRomance sharedfuture/promisedmultiplereturns. Clipped暗 assetwordnotfullcryptotransfer evidence, no counterpartmaleagecaseborrowed. Ownprofit/sharedfuture quotation supports promisedreturns; no explicittrading activity in thisclippedpassage. KeepIp/technology/trust, cryptoassetword clipped.
Reported casePortuguese155000BRL falseAI girlfriend used business/medical-family pretexts; transferexplicit239, fake photos/videoexplicit48. Source allegations not independently verified generative technology/actual illness, monetary conversions not additive.
Reported caseChanghua60female proposed300000fundinvestment toonlinehusband, bank/police detectandcancel. Attemptnotpaidnetloss, fakeadvisorrelationship no actualforex crypto/paymentdate year.
Prevention & supportSwisscrimeprevention/cantonalmunicipalpolice namedTrueLoveCostsNothing campaignplannedearlyMarchuntilMay. Warnnodonatemoney, plannedlaunchnotproveddeliveredprevention/effect, noyearfromcalendar. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Named TrueLoveCostsNothing initiative/SKP-police/WeberPartner and March–May context support only the qualified initiative identity; no missing year supplied. Retain planned service and warning, not proven implementation or prevention effectiveness. Emotional trust is a mechanism, not experienced psychological diagnosis or self-harm. Emergency-payment and money-mule advice are general warnings, not actual personal loss or facilitation occurrences. Police responsibility framing is quoted, not endorsed. Demographics, dark figures and operator-location estimates are attributed claims rather than verified corpus prevalence/country roles. No network/court/asset recovery, serious harm or substantive policy enactment inferred. Videos not watched.
Prevention & supportOwn Arabic source Shanghai male about28000USD false AI girlfriend financial-romance allegation. CCTV/source attribution not independently verified AI, amount conversions/rounded30000 headline not additional victims; nationality not operation country. Expanded namedJiao/photos/video/bank transfer only own source, no actual year from Wednesday. Own contextual reread supports R:d with source attribution and stated role/scope.
Reported caseFrench26000EUR/Spanish27000 reported money sent to nonexistentAI girlfriend with generatedphotos/video. Medical/business pretexts only full Spanishsource. Sourceclaims not verified technology, banktransfer notcrypto, no claimedrelativeactuallyill.
Reported caseAIgirl22000GBP victimbelievedrelationMsJiao. Source allegation, actualcity/name/otherlossesnotborrowed andJulia22kdifferentrelationship. Bind Rf:t to actual own source field.
Reported caseShanghaiMinhang source10-member disruption/near1000 male online-romance targets, AI falsefemalephotos/videos and2000000 casefunds. These aggregate funds/targets not all oneLiu target ornetlossperperson; expanded2024 truncated yearnotdatedevent automatically. Disruption not specific raid/arrestconviction unless own evidence. Own contextual reread supports O:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports F:t with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own contextual reread supports Ei:d with source attribution and stated role/scope. Own title calls200m case loss, bodycasefunds; retainattributedaggregateclaim notnetper-personloss. Investigation explicitonlythisfullerpassage; clipped2024 after于 notgivenactualeventdate. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed against the complete own article interpretation. Preserve raw title/description and previous erroneous200m review note as history; current actually read body specifies over2millionCNY operation and near200000CNY individual account as distinct amounts/scopes. Do not sum these or count thousand independently verified targets. Existing AI, platform, fabricated relationship, network, investigation and disruption evidence remains. Four approved arrests and six otherwise processed do not establish ten charges or convictions. False ID/medical documents are explicit; family-illness/shop pretexts do not establish victim clinical harm, family disruption, investment returns or employer theft. Bank-flow investigation is not victim refund, all-crypto payment or coerced participation. No new physical/sexual/self-harm/homicide/material harm, extortion, target nationality/residence, country role or exact date inferred. Other sources cannot borrow this body.
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