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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 2024 | 443 | 443 | 100.0% |
| Feb 2024 | 685 | 685 | 100.0% |
| Mar 2024 | 391 | 391 | 100.0% |
| Apr 2024 | 487 | 487 | 100.0% |
| May 2024 | 519 | 519 | 100.0% |
| Jun 2024 | 303 | 303 | 100.0% |
| Jul 2024 | 545 | 545 | 100.0% |
| Aug 2024 | 352 | 352 | 100.0% |
| Sep 2024 | 387 | 387 | 100.0% |
| Oct 2024 | 493 | 493 | 100.0% |
| Nov 2024 | 496 | 496 | 100.0% |
| Dec 2024 | 565 | 565 | 100.0% |
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Own Raymond McDonald51 current latest/several sentences for fraud/romance, dating app context. Speculative hundreds not actual new victim count; no new imposed term or dated proceeding, named identity not false persona evidence.
Reported caseOwn New Taipei target dating-app streamer/tipping repeated escalated demands and police investigate proxy group. Emotional blackmail wording not explicit threats/sextortion/forced work; police five-route action not automatically completed raid or arrest. Sugar-daddy/dupe labels reporter ridicule, not researcher blame.
Reported caseOwn75-year-old widow/widower AU1million loss under mining-heiress future promise. Conflicting gender wording preserved, persona not real heiress/nationality. Prior widowhood not fraud death, no crypto/cash route or organized-network confirmation.
Reported caseOwn online-dating false-feeling criminals seek money/tips. PR genre and source warning retained; no actual individual paid loss, clinical diagnosis or measured benefit.
Prevention & supportOwn Suzuka50s woman2115man cash/romance investment matching-app case. Police announcement not by itself investigation,14th yearless; no false identity or male1090man same-city bridge.
Reported caseOwn Chen recruits Gao/media company/streamers for love-fraud virtual-currency investment; five targets220wan source total. Uncovering not explicit arrest, clipped currency word not target actual crypto transfer or every cash route. Three years ago lacks year, no borrowed proxy identity method.
Reported caseOwn nurse over200000rand to bogus doctor Leeto Kingsley Chele for alleged business/pharmacy and women debt context. Target sum not additive debt/network proceeds; save-business request not explicit investment return or verified enterprise. False doctor not forged legal document.
Reported caseOwn New Taipei Chen28/20 arrest, contracted streamers/proxy romantic chat and45man PIPO Live points converted/laundered by operators. Target points payment unspecified cash/crypto, real performer distinct chatter; no formal identity forgery, all20 conviction or requested seizure/refund. Referral is not formal charge. Last-year-end yearless.
Reported caseOwn Chen/Baibai streamers false dating/tips, estimated100 targets and four approved custody orders. Estimate not unique verified victims; detention is not explicit arrest/charge/conviction. Paid tips unspecified route, no stolen portrait facts from fuller copies.
Reported caseOwn streamer collaborates with proxy chatters to fake love; at least6 reports218wan loss. Reported estimate/different220wan proceeds not silently reconciled. No actual arrest/charge or all collaborators guilt from cooperation allegation.
Reported caseOwn Canon City numerous fraud calls/some fake-love targets and police warning. Calls received not all verified unique victims or romance incidence; reporting actor unspecified, no actual amount/clinical harm or measured prevention.
Prevention & supportOwn Aomori20s male750man cash via false e-commerce product-purchase costs/Reiko/chat and website. Profit differential/claimed earning not actual return, individual account transfer is own loss not mule/account theft. Yearless July25/Aug2 not date from URL.
Reported caseOwn New Taipei Chen28/20 arrest, contracted streamers/proxy romantic chat and45man PIPO Live points converted/laundered by operators. Target points payment unspecified cash/crypto, real performer distinct chatter; no formal identity forgery, all20 conviction or requested seizure/refund. Referral is not formal charge. Last-year-end yearless.
Reported caseOwn agency/proxy chatter false streamer affection/tips/LINE blocking, victims report and police investigate. Contracted performers not automatically stolen photos/AI, title collapse not independent clinical harm. Love-brain fans wording is reporter ridicule, not researcher endorsement of target blame.
Reported caseOwn love scammers empty accounts and keep tactics after convictions; general victims-become-offenders claim lacks a specified other act or same-target renewed request. No clinical condition/unique case or actual sentence date from narrative.
Related mentionOwn Sanchong recruited network/proxy handsome-woman personas cultivate feelings/virtual currency or tips;20 arrested, four custody orders and16 bail,33wan/car seizure. Seizure not refund, virtual coins not necessarily actual crypto transferred. Custody order not charge/conviction, each actor alleged and source chronology undated.
Reported caseOwn Nantou2771 mixed cases/107508man total, false-dating investment6.24percent and ordinary investment660million/65.7percent retain separate scopes. No all totals romance/unique victims; mayor ghost parcel is unrelated. Jan–Oct yearless, public warning not measured effect.
Related mentionOwn internet emotional manipulation and financial exploitation warning for both sexes. Not actual paid loss or independent clinical diagnosis, universal targeting claim not population rate/verified risk.
Prevention & supportOwn Cem32/Elena online partner introduction, four years single and seeking trusted relationship before love scam. Single status is prior unspecified circumstance, not clinical loneliness/isolation; metaphor bad awakening not distress diagnosis. No own amount or proven fake identity.
Reported caseOwn four named US/Canada residents sentenced in one romance-and-investment scheme targeting US victims. Terms, money route and actual prison served absent; nationality/residence distinct operation country. Tuesday yearless, no loss quantity or romantic investment introduction details borrowed. Own actor geographic context remains source-specific: reported cohort residence in US/Canada, Tokyo residence or Dublin presence as applicable. These are not supported operation locations and not formal country-role assertions.
Reported caseOwn student14-month online love-scam sentence heading. Sentence not time served or named case, online platform unspecified; student is offender role not target vulnerability. No actual loss or guilty plea details.
Reported caseOwn Shunan30 male arrested for709000yen cash through false woman/SNS romantic feeling. Alleged loss/identity separate completed police arrest; no conviction, actual victim profile or year from13th. Own actor geographic context remains source-specific: reported cohort residence in US/Canada, Tokyo residence or Dublin presence as applicable. These are not supported operation locations and not formal country-role assertions.
Reported caseOwn Furano50s male2280man/SNS romance investigation under cryptocurrency profit-teaching promise. Crypto-use does not establish actual crypto transfer; actual loss route unspecified,14th no year.
Reported caseOwn Bradenton77 widower over100K/Julia thousands for claimed UK relocation/debt. Claim not verified debt/country or real identity, no actual transfer route/actor from fuller copy.
Reported caseOwn woman steals daughter classmate identity for dating fraud; criminal detention expressly retained as legal context, not automatically arrest/charge subtype. Identity theft is explicit but no physical forged document claim, actual minor victim or sexual harm inferred.
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