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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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NorthWales over2millionGBP dating-scam losses over three years, hundreds reportedly affected. Four URL copies not independent regional studies or distinct cases; no world prevalence/year invented.
Research & trendsJapan official mixed special/SNS investment/Romance anti-fraud initiative/directive. Planned enlarged force or instruction to apprehend core offenders not completed arrests of340, passed law, current unique cases or recovered funds. Preserve policy attribution and future stage. Existing institutional unit/issued police directive is actual stated institutional action, not legislative passage. Future340staff/arrests remain plans; code only own completed institutional change/instruction. Investigation/arrest instruction is explicit in headline, not added to shorter meeting description.
Prevention & supportMariajo Bastero commentary advocates dating-platform fraud detection in Romance context. Proposal not implemented protection or measured efficacy; no actual loss/clinical harm.
Related mentionPintos&Salgado general Romance fraud guide identifies false intimacy, money/illusion theft and prevention. No actual individual paid loss, clinical diagnosis or verified efficacy.
Prevention & supportJapan official mixed special/SNS investment/Romance anti-fraud initiative/directive. Planned enlarged force or instruction to apprehend core offenders not completed arrests of340, passed law, current unique cases or recovered funds. Preserve policy attribution and future stage. Existing institutional unit/issued police directive is actual stated institutional action, not legislative passage. Future340staff/arrests remain plans; code only own completed institutional change/instruction.
Prevention & supportNumata49female nurse12.36millionJPY false shared retirement-fund plan/affection. Cashloss/trust, but retirement future alone not specific investment returns/crypto offer. Nurse profession not medical harm.
Reported caseHusum reported affection-exploitation large cashloss and police LoveScamming warning. Danish/English language not Denmark victim location, sparse19 no age/amount filled from22. German Husum69/highfivefigure context requires individual-source geographic precision, not place-word match alone.
Reported casePintos&Salgado general Romance fraud guide identifies false intimacy, money/illusion theft and prevention. No actual individual paid loss, clinical diagnosis or verified efficacy.
Prevention & supportSannohe local police/nonprofit/bakery fraud-warning senbei distribution300units, mixed Romance/investment/phone fraud. Actual prevention campaign not300victims, confirmed efficacy or financial recovery. Actual senbei warning campaign/mixedfraud completed, not generic undated advice,300victims or measured efficacy.
Prevention & supportNorthWales over2millionGBP dating-scam losses over three years, hundreds reportedly affected. Four URL copies not independent regional studies or distinct cases; no world prevalence/year invented.
Research & trendsChina embassy in Bangladesh warns online/short-video cross-border Romance and commercial-bride scams. General trafficking risk not confirmed trafficking victim, operator location, coercion or every matchmaking service a Romance scam. Nationalities not operation geography.
Prevention & supportPaderborn police investigating series of violent robberies linked to mysugardaddy dating scam, urging victims report. Reported violence/robbery is not clinical injury, proved sexual harm or homicide; no number arrested/convicted. Selective original police check requested.
Reported caseNorthWales over2millionGBP dating-scam losses over three years, hundreds reportedly affected. Four URL copies not independent regional studies or distinct cases; no world prevalence/year invented.
Research & trendsChina embassy in Bangladesh warns online/short-video cross-border Romance and commercial-bride scams. General trafficking risk not confirmed trafficking victim, operator location, coercion or every matchmaking service a Romance scam. Nationalities not operation geography.
Prevention & supportBank commended for preventing Romance fraud. Intercept/prevention is not recovery of paid money, criminal conviction or evidence all regional scams were prevented. No victim count/amount from another bank or source. Interception is an assets code: remove contradictory whole-assets withheld state; no paid-money recovery inferred.
Prevention & supportAkita50female26millionJPY SNS Romance; own investment-offer headline supports investment, not crypto payment or exact calendar year.
Reported caseChina embassy in Bangladesh warns online/short-video cross-border Romance and commercial-bride scams. General trafficking risk not confirmed trafficking victim, operator location, coercion or every matchmaking service a Romance scam. Nationalities not operation geography.
Prevention & supportPongau64female17kEUR false USgeneral/blockedaccount Romance versus Flachgau40female80k task/product-review job fraud. Distinct targets/schemes;97k not Romance aggregate, crypto in task case not first-case crypto payment, US persona not actual operator country. Romance17k loss is in own headline; description80k relates separate Flachgau task victim. Bind financial code to correct Romance source field, retain mixed-scheme qualification.
Reported caseHildesheim male Romance cashloss after false online identity/feigned relationship. Prevention framing not quantified efficacy, medical harm or new arrest.
Reported caseYaaYeboah calls on Hajia4Reall to share experience following release after US Romance sentence. Historical sentence/source request for awareness, not new conviction, actual delivered programme or returned assets.
Related mentionNorthWales over2millionGBP dating-scam losses over three years, hundreds reportedly affected. Four URL copies not independent regional studies or distinct cases; no world prevalence/year invented.
Research & trendsKaohsiung elderlyChen falseonlinehusband requests collect1million, allegedlymoneycourier arrested; Liang730000NTDactualinvestmentloss/1mwithdrawal-fee nextattempt differentperson. Courierclaimedwronged notknowinglyguilty/forcedlabor, collectedfunds notChen personalRomance loss. Livingalone not automatically diagnosedisolation. Correct guide-only magnitude:73萬元=730000NTD, not73000; separate investmenttarget, no Chen personalRomance loss application.
Reported caseDordogne archivedAlainJollois fakeLord/falseidentity repeatedRomancefrauds2022, different2002JuliaRoberts appearancepromise context. Historicalreport not2025crime or actualcelebrityoffender/ownknownfinancialamount. Ownfalseidentity andRomancefraud type explicit, but wholefabricatedrelationship notstated. Retain impersonation only.
Reported caseKaohsiung elderlyChen falseonlinehusband requests collect1million, allegedlymoneycourier arrested; Liang730000NTDactualinvestmentloss/1mwithdrawal-fee nextattempt differentperson. Courierclaimedwronged notknowinglyguilty/forcedlabor, collectedfunds notChen personalRomance loss. Livingalone not automatically diagnosedisolation. Correct guide-only magnitude:73萬元=730000NTD, not73000; separate investmenttarget, no Chen personalRomance loss application.
Reported caseAkita mixedspecial/SNSinvestment/Romance provisionalJanuary–April59cases307390000JPY. Differentfraudtypes/notallRomance, currentcalendarunknown and provisionalnotfinal/NPA national200bn.
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