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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 | 591 | 591 | 100.0% |
| Feb 2025 | 1,629 | 1,629 | 100.0% |
| Mar 2025 | 561 | 561 | 100.0% |
| Apr 2025 | 390 | 390 | 100.0% |
| May 2025 | 398 | 398 | 100.0% |
| Jun 2025 | 209 | 209 | 100.0% |
| Jul 2025 | 522 | 522 | 100.0% |
| Aug 2025 | 447 | 447 | 100.0% |
| Sep 2025 | 613 | 613 | 100.0% |
| Oct 2025 | 483 | 483 | 100.0% |
| Nov 2025 | 392 | 392 | 100.0% |
| Dec 2025 | 333 | 333 | 100.0% |
| Jan 2026 | 530 | 530 | 100.0% |
| Feb 2026 | 1,106 | 1,106 | 100.0% |
| Mar 2026 | 360 | 360 | 100.0% |
| Apr 2026 | 491 | 491 | 100.0% |
| May 2026 | 785 | 785 | 100.0% |
| Jun 2026 | 842 | 842 | 100.0% |
| Jul 2026 | 1,143 | 1,143 | 100.0% |
| Aug 2026 | 640 | 640 | 100.0% |
| Sep 2026 | 638 | 638 | 100.0% |
| Oct 2026 | 30 | 30 | 100.0% |
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Gera/Thuringia woman71 reportedly lost hundreds of thousands to false love; fuller local variants say over300000. Preserve wording/amount precision and source context, not summed losses. WELTshortvariant repeatedly requested/transferred larger sums but lacks own town/age, so case bridge requires separate deeper comparison. No money-return prediction treated as proven future outcome.
Reported caseNasuKarasuyamaman69 allegedlylostJPY9.1million-equivalentcrypto afterfemale-namedSNScontact; explicitpoliceromanceclassification. Femaleaccountnamealoneisnotverifiedgender orfabricatedintimacydetail; Mayhasnoyear, noactualreturn/arrest.
Reported caseIndonesian digital financial-fraud feature explicitly includes love scams alongside jobs/crypto. FullerOJKvariant reportsRp4.6trillion across tenmonths/multiplefrauds, not romance-only losses; category boilerplates supply no further substantive evidence. Preserve own relevance and shared work without new cases, technology subtype or financial sum where absent. A general feature/opinion/programme classification is not research statistics. New adapter uses only explicitly source-reviewed statistical tags; earlier category-derived assertions remain pending cumulative correction.
Research & trendsIndonesian digital financial-fraud feature explicitly includes love scams alongside jobs/crypto. FullerOJKvariant reportsRp4.6trillion across tenmonths/multiplefrauds, not romance-only losses; category boilerplates supply no further substantive evidence. Preserve own relevance and shared work without new cases, technology subtype or financial sum where absent. A general feature/opinion/programme classification is not research statistics. New adapter uses only explicitly source-reviewed statistical tags; earlier category-derived assertions remain pending cumulative correction.
Research & trendsAichi police reportedly arrested twoTokyo men after manufactured SNS affection and crypto extraction; group-account54billionJPY is separate broad amount, not each target loss or actual returned money. Own short variant lacks names; no details borrowed from fuller laundering source. Preserve distinct actors, case populations, realized versus proposed funds, laundering roles, requested versus imposed terms and mixed crime totals. Source allegations/participant accounts are not original judgment findings.
Reported caseIndonesian digital financial-fraud feature explicitly includes love scams alongside jobs/crypto. FullerOJKvariant reportsRp4.6trillion across tenmonths/multiplefrauds, not romance-only losses; category boilerplates supply no further substantive evidence. Preserve own relevance and shared work without new cases, technology subtype or financial sum where absent. A general feature/opinion/programme classification is not research statistics. New adapter uses only explicitly source-reviewed statistical tags; earlier category-derived assertions remain pending cumulative correction.
Research & trendsDaisenwoman40s reportedlylostJPY6.4million-equivalentcrypto toaffection-associatedfalseinvestment inpolice-classifiedSNSromance fraud. Own title/description supportloss/intimatelure/crypto; no actualreturnorcharge.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseAdeline’s father reportedly lostEUR269000 under years of online sentimental-fraud influence and daily harassment. Retain attributed testimony/loss and coercive contact context, not daughter as direct financial target, clinical addiction, new case count or exact years.
Reported caseFrenchheadline explicitlyreports sentimental-fraud defendants extradited byFBI; descriptionattributesRFI andthreeGhanaian nationals. Ownexcerptdoesnotgiveamount,names,fullcalendaractdateorverdict. Retain sourceprocedure, no inherited100million oroperatingcountryfromnationality.
Reported caseFrenchRFI report says threeGhanaians extradited toUS willbetried over largeonlinesentimental fraud and100million. Retain reported enforcement/futuretrial and allegation, no verdict or actualcalendaractdate; broadernameddefendant source requires contextcomparison.
Reported caseBroadAfricanromancefraudfeature statesrisingcasesthroughonline dating/socialmedia. No measured count/geographicdenominator orconfirmedtargetloss. Retainbackgrounddigitalcontext, nota continentascountryorverifiedtrendseries. A general feature/opinion/programme classification is not research statistics. New adapter uses only explicitly source-reviewed statistical tags; earlier category-derived assertions remain pending cumulative correction.
Research & trendsFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseIndonesian digital financial-fraud feature explicitly includes love scams alongside jobs/crypto. FullerOJKvariant reportsRp4.6trillion across tenmonths/multiplefrauds, not romance-only losses; category boilerplates supply no further substantive evidence. Preserve own relevance and shared work without new cases, technology subtype or financial sum where absent. A general feature/opinion/programme classification is not research statistics. New adapter uses only explicitly source-reviewed statistical tags; earlier category-derived assertions remain pending cumulative correction.
Research & trendsMalaysia ministerreportsnodeclineinonlinefrauddespitecampaigns; love,jobandparcelscamslistedasmixedscope. No numerator/denominator, romance-onlyrate orcausalineffectivenessderived; retainqualifiedcountrycontext. Minister campaign/no-decline headline does not itself supply preventive advice or evaluated protection; keep qualitative trend attribution without statistical tag.
Research & trendsFrench metadata reports three Ghanaian defendants extradited to US for alleged large online sentimental fraud and USD100million. Source variants state2016–2023 versus2017–2023; retain conflict and attributed overall loss. Trial is future, not conviction. Ghanaian nationality alone not operator residence; source Ghana arrest supports jurisdiction only. Possible earlier named extradition context needs contextual comparison, not forced name assignment.
Reported caseGreek title says teen sold by purported girlfriend into a torture ring; description says girlfriend later arrested inChina afterThailandholiday. Retain alleged deceptive relationship/coercion/arrest, not specific victim injury, operator nationality, original judgment or seller proceeds absent here. Context may match earlierHuang/Zhou but needs review.
Reported caseAichi named FukazawaKazuma31/SaitoKota30 arrests for alleged mixed SNS investment/romance crypto fraud; police suspect laundering role in fluid crime group and possible54billionJPYoverall. Keep conditional broad amount separate from victim loss, suspect roles not proven guilt; no sentence or cash returned. Preserve distinct actors, case populations, realized versus proposed funds, laundering roles, requested versus imposed terms and mixed crime totals. Source allegations/participant accounts are not original judgment findings.
Reported caseZhongli headline states a pawnshop/police interception of proposed500000romance-fraud loss. Own description explicitly records114年8月8日14時 police notification; it is notification not automatically crime/arrest date. Retain attempted loss and interception, not arrest, delivered funds or a measured intervention effect. Attempted500000 loss is a financial stage, not an invented financial subtype; police-notification date remains distinct from attempted transfer.
Prevention & supportFukuyamaEast police headline reports a man arrested for SNS romance fraud; description explicitly says inducing affection then extracting money. Retain reported arrest/digital relationship mechanism, no victim loss amount, guilt, actor nationality or sentence.
Reported caseVolleKanneservicelistingincludesinternetsentimentalfraudprotectionalongsidecooking/watersaving. Adviceworkonly, noincident, recording/transcriptviewed ormeasuredpreventioneffect; programmeairdateisnotcrime. A general feature/opinion/programme classification is not research statistics. New adapter uses only explicitly source-reviewed statistical tags; earlier category-derived assertions remain pending cumulative correction.
Prevention & supportChangshaHu reports35万RMB sentduringyear-long onlineaffection toYaoYao/contactmetingameJune2024; falsemedicine requests andpolice investigated purported womanfaraway. Retain attributedfinancial/digitaltrust/falseidentity/investigation. July28complaintyearnotstated; sourceexplicitJune2024firstcontactmonth canbe structured. Nostatedrealillness ormoneyreturned.
Reported casePolice warn the public about romance scammers attempting to steal money. General warning and attempted objective, not an identified realized victim loss, arrest or evaluated effectiveness.
Prevention & supportFake-CIA romance suspect ShawnStevenHarris50 allegedly obtained money for undercover missions with promised government repayment; separate anonymous source reports jumping to death while fleeing arrest warrant. Suspect injury/death is not victim physical harm or established suicide intent. Earlier2019 activity not current incident date; arrest warrant is not completed arrest. Named bridge/deeper source review required. Suspect death/fleeing warrant is not target physical harm, completed arrest or established suicidal intent. No homicide/suicide causality inferred.
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