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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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McAfee AI bots, celebrity impostors and misleading dating apps as general methods. Generic bots do not specify synthetic media.
Research & trendsGeneric romance definition, false profiles/relationship/apps. Trick to send money is not completed individual loss.
Prevention & supportBeth Hyland26k false Indiana businessman, online meeting; persona Indiana does not locate actual operator or victim.
Reported caseMeta French warning explicitly manipulated videos and synthetic voices; general methods, not a verified individual case.
Prevention & supportMeta attractive/single/successful false-persona warning; platform title alone does not establish a communication episode.
Prevention & supportFukuokaJonanwoman150万円cryptotaken, foreignmanfuturepretext. Foreignpersona notcountryofactualoperator; genericfuture notexplicitinvestment.
Reported caseMichiganwoman26kTinderfalseIndianabusinessman/warning. Indiana persona notactualoperatorlocation.
Reported caseFakeonlineidentitygainaffection/trustgeneralwarning, noactualpaidloss.
Prevention & supportTochigi2024SNSinvestment/romance64reports10.0376b, trustwithoutmeeting,20–70generations. Mixedtotal notRomanceonly; broadagesnotnecessarilyselected-targettrait.
Research & trendsMeta falsecelebrity/USmilitarypersonae; personaUSnotoperatorlocation.
Prevention & supportMeta appmessages/attractivesinglepersonae/trustbuildmoneyrequests; noactualindividualpayment.
Prevention & supportMeta removed400000fakecelebrity/militaryaccounts. Washingtondateline notoperationcountry.
Research & trendsCanada58.4m romance2024 plus separate310m investment aggregate. OPP false identities/trust/AI warning; no generic AI synthetic format or additive totals.
Prevention & supportFalseHendersonwomanthousandsactualreportedloss, no exact375000orAIformatfromothercopy.
Reported caseGeneric romance definition, false profiles/relationship/apps. Trick to send money is not completed individual loss.
Prevention & supportMeta appmessages/attractivesinglepersonae/trustbuildmoneyrequests; noactualindividualpayment.
Prevention & supportMetaromanticlongingexploitationwarning, noindividualfinancialharmorparticularsyntheticformat.
Prevention & supportUSPSfalse-love-interestwarning; requestsforpersonalinfo nothelpseeking disclosure/actualIDoffense.
Prevention & supportFake profiles/phishing/sites as general methods; false persona alone is not identity-document offending.
Prevention & supportDating-appfake-promisesdecoder/generalwarning, broke/brokenhearteddefinitionnotindividualcompletedharm.
Prevention & supportFake profiles/phishing/sites as general methods; false persona alone is not identity-document offending.
Prevention & supportFalse Henderson celebrity persona, reported375000 and relocation. AI format unspecified; citizenship not victim residence, actor not offender.
Reported caseCFTC Dating or Defrauding relationship-investment social awareness campaign, fake profiles; WestVirginia dateline not victim location.
Prevention & supportFalse Henderson celebrity persona, reported375000 and relocation. AI format unspecified; citizenship not victim residence, actor not offender.
Reported case86woman150000falsecellostar,repeatedlargeramountsdisappear. Noactualrecoveryorclinicalharm; culturalpersona notoperatorcountry.
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