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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 Bradenton widower100K and male posing as UK woman, debt-before-relocation romantic promise. Claimed UK country/debt not real operator/verified debt, no actual transfer route or actor name from another source.
Reported caseOwn Benjamin Yakah26 Minnesota arrest/grand-theft charge/5-month investigation into77 Bradenton widower over100K. Allegation not conviction, investigative duration not romance/incident year; Julia/debt/gender facts not borrowed.
Reported caseOwn Leduc woman prior husband cancer death/30-year marriage and loneliness precede alleged romance scam. Trouble with law lacks a named other act, charge or conviction; betrayal wording does not establish clinical distress or actual financial loss. Prior cancer death not scam homicide.
Reported caseOwn undergraduate14-month Facebook love scam sentence after plea agreement/Ikoyi. Judicial agreement and ordered term reported, not all served time or a named offender. No loss amount or false persona method.
Reported caseOwn Schifferstadt Love-Scamming report title with generic news directory boilerplate. No own actual amount, persona, public prevention advice or event date; retain bounded relevance without inventing themes.
Reported caseOwn Obwalden Romance Scam warning title only. No specific actual victim, loss or country residence from authority name; no measured efficacy.
Prevention & supportOwn Yurihonjo50s male668man cryptocurrency lost/SNS romance and online-shop proposition. Actual crypto value not cash, shop title lacks profit mechanism detail; no same Aomori750man person or date year.
Reported caseOwn Schifferstadt/Edenkoben two internet-love-fraud complaints. Reporting actor unspecified, two towns not one crime; yesterday lacks year and platform/amount/persona details absent.
Reported caseOwn Chiayi mixed loss11972wan/month189cases, combined investment/dating83.6percent, Jan–Oct18897wan intercepted/12592wan seized and police groups/couriers. Mixed totals not all romance or guilt, source title over2億 versus body retained, assets not returned to victims. Police/bank AI analytics is prevention, not offender synthetic-media mechanism; yearless periods.
Related mentionOwn romantic trust exploited for money, alleged5million crypto seizure. Asset seizure not paid refund or proof every financial target used cryptocurrency; alleged scheme not independent guilt or unique victims.
Reported caseOwn two Ghanaians US sentence/581261 restitution ordered. Each headline versus description retains obligation ambiguity; order not actual repayment, no financial loss summed from restitution or source names copied.
Reported caseOwn Castiglione/Lucca police identified/referred two women34/29 for9000euro romantic deception of a woman with prior emotional fragility. Source allegation not arrest or adjudicated guilt; fragility prior unspecified circumstance, not post-scam independent diagnosis or clinical cause.
Reported caseOwn Fukushima romantic-affection investment/cash category45cases63303man Jan–Oct versus prior whole year. Unequal periods and clipped prior sum preserved; actual cash source aggregate not unique victims or independent sixfold incidence.
Related mentionOwn attributed18percent suspected communities-sector digital attempts originated Philippines/first-half/19countries. Sector including dating is not all romance, victim residence, unique people or independent incidence; headline target framing differs origin measure. No actual personal loss or clinical risk inferred.
Research & trendsOwn mixed grandchild/shock-call/Love-Scam prevention. Parent-impersonation WhatsApp example does not supply the romance operation technology/persona or loss; no measured warning benefit.
Prevention & supportOwn four citizens sentences/mixed investment and romance scams, one West Tennessee target over400K several months. No all totals romance or linked romantic investment mechanism from adjacent categories, no actual terms/served time.
Reported caseOwn Brampton woman200K-plus life savings and devastated statement. Subject distress is not independent diagnosis/clinical cause or housing loss. Begging phrase not a proved series of renewed requests; money route unstated.
Reported caseOwn group uses false identities to induce friendships/romantic relationships, four citizens sentenced for romance scams. False persona not document forgery, sparse source no actual loss/term or served-time details.
Reported caseOwn Toufen2man money-to-meet attempt blocked by bank/police. Provider report/inquiry differs target disclosure and completed loss/refund. Stolen portraits/romantic atmosphere/family-illness examples are generic warning mechanisms, not every fact of this target. Today10am lacks event year.
Reported caseOwn Toufen2man money-to-meet attempt blocked by bank/police. Provider report/inquiry differs target disclosure and completed loss/refund. Stolen portraits/romantic atmosphere/family-illness examples are generic warning mechanisms, not every fact of this target. Today10am lacks event year.
Reported caseOwn Brampton woman200K-plus life savings and devastated statement. Subject distress is not independent diagnosis/clinical cause or housing loss. Begging phrase not a proved series of renewed requests; money route unstated.
Reported caseOwn West Tennessee400K-plus alleged romance conspiracy attributed DOJ. Conspiracy is coordinated context, not independently proved guilt; no names, terms, actual transfer route or year borrowed.
Reported caseOwn Andrei Wolfman fake social-media romance persona and police warning. Bank text/account-hold scam is separate; no romance target amount, bank account misuse, crypto route or actual asset freeze copied into romance. Generic fake identity is not document forgery.
Prevention & supportOwn romance offenders sentenced and one Tennessee400K-plus loss. Source gives no perpetrator name or term; personal loss not network total, no all offenders same operation solely plural wording.
Reported caseOwn Otsu69 male2750man cash/SNS investment romance investigation and14 transfers. Transfer bounds not additional losses or automatically renewed targeting; no explicit false persona or event year.
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