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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 | 264 | 591 | 44.7% |
| Feb 2025 | 554 | 1,629 | 34.0% |
| Mar 2025 | 141 | 561 | 25.1% |
| Apr 2025 | 116 | 390 | 29.7% |
| May 2025 | 193 | 398 | 48.5% |
| Jun 2025 | 53 | 209 | 25.4% |
| Jul 2025 | 151 | 522 | 28.9% |
| Aug 2025 | 129 | 447 | 28.9% |
| Sep 2025 | 164 | 613 | 26.8% |
| Oct 2025 | 201 | 483 | 41.6% |
| Nov 2025 | 164 | 392 | 41.8% |
| Dec 2025 | 124 | 333 | 37.2% |
| Jan 2026 | 67 | 530 | 12.6% |
| Feb 2026 | 224 | 1,106 | 20.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 90 | 360 | 25.0% |
| Apr 2026 | 145 | 491 | 29.5% |
| May 2026 | 200 | 785 | 25.5% |
| Jun 2026 | 121 | 842 | 14.4% |
| Jul 2026 | 191 | 1,143 | 16.7% |
| Aug 2026 | 224 | 640 | 35.0% |
| Sep 2026 | 139 | 638 | 21.8% |
| Oct 2026 | 6 | 30 | 20.0% |
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Article combines US-wide crypto-fraud losses with romance fraud and a Massachusetts Tinder example. The wider JPY1.7tn total cannot be allocated to romance, and the clipped personal account does not establish its completed loss.
Reported caseFederal enforcement story reports a wider USD15m scheme and a 74-year-old victim who paid USD1.1m for a purported inheritance release. The individual amount is within, not additional to, the wider total.
Reported caseKanagawa police report a fake celebrity-pianist contact via SNS and more than JPY100m lost; contact geography is not inferred from nationality.
Reported caseRadio discussion warns of dating-app sextortion targeting young men in Australia. Other broadcast topics are unrelated and not coded; no completed victim payment is stated.
Prevention & supportReport alleges a video-call model role used to reassure victims in the Solo Raya romance scam.
Reported caseFukui police investigate a reported JPY53,682,010 crypto investment loss after SNS contact. The fuller description records transfer from X to LINE and 12 payments; no impersonated profession is inferred.
Reported caseRomance fraud is named in broader SNS investment-fraud guidance; other details are not assigned to romance cases.
Related mentionReport describes operators pretending to be women and directing men to imitation takeaway platforms; CNY3.3m is case-level funding, not each victim loss.
Reported caseGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionRomance fraud is named in broader SNS investment-fraud guidance; other details are not assigned to romance cases.
Related mentionFabiola is a suspect in the IDR41bn case; women on video calls allegedly built victims’ trust.
Reported caseSolo Raya police describe investment deception through false romance and a video-call model role, with IDR41.1bn reported across the scheme.
Reported caseAlleged international crypto-investment romance fraud involving Fabiola, with title reporting IDR41bn victim losses.
Reported caseGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionTaoyuan woman was asked for a TWD6,000 dating-meeting deposit and threatened when questioning it. Store staff alerted police, who prevented payment.
Reported caseGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionGeneric promotional text claims increases across romance, investment and SNS fraud. No case counts or individual harms are supported.
Related mentionHuaibei authorities report 266 suspects and more than CNY3.3m in a fake dating and imitation takeaway-platform scheme. Case-level funds are not per-victim losses.
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