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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 | 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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ChiayiMarch181frauds38590000NTD withRomancelossranksecond; sixproperty-risk prevention7600000NTD sourceheadline. MixeddenominatorsnotallRomancecases/losses oractualbankrefund, noyearinferredfromobservation. Ownintercept reported withinmixedscope, so entireassetcode cannotalso bewithheld. Cashrefundsubtypenotasserted; actualpreviouspaidloss andpreventedsumremainseparate.
Research & trendsJapanNPA considersincreasepenaltiesforaccountsale/transfer after2024special/SNSinvestment-Romance200billionJPYprovisionalmixedloss. Proposednotnewenactedpenalty; current1year/1millionmaximumnotimposedsentence orallRomanceloss, no completedmoneyrecovery.
Research & trendsLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseOne-in-tenRomancevictims alreadyinrelationships andMatch/Tinder risk source. Denominatorvictimsnotallpartneredpeople/causalvulnerability orgeneralprevalence; sourceclaimnotsurveyverifiedhere/no paidlossamount.
Research & trendsOwn Leon Romance caption reports claimed financial problem and loans the victim provided and never recovered. No explicit request verb supports a separate requested-payment application. Completed financial loss and reported arrest remain; no conviction/copy-specific gender or regional-boilerplate geography inferred.
Reported caseMalaysian six-type onlinefraud/love scams/e-commerce/loans/e-finance/telecom/falseinvestments quarterlygrowth1.6–19.8percent and~500–600millionMYR total sourcevariants. NeitherallRomance losses nor oneuniformtypegrowth; denomination/count/headlineapproximation andsameBernama/TheStar reporting notindependentstudies. Ownheadline explicitnear600millionMYR mixedloss; do not omit thisfinancialaggregate orassumeallRomance.
Research & trendsLeón/RiberaDelÓrbigo350000plusEUR sentimental-fraud report, one woman/person arrested andanotherinvestigated. Arrest notconviction, differentheadlinegender/spelling retained; provincialpublisherboilerplate not incidentÁvila/Burgos/Palencia/Valladolid. Fake relationship/loan requestsownstrongertext notborrowed toshortheadlines, footagepresentedbutnotwatched.
Reported caseNara50sfemale investmentmarriage-fundSNSRomance39000000JPY mixedEthereumandcash. Notallcrypto/2separatelosses. Own2024年11月30日–2025年3月8日 interval retained exact; incidentnotobservationdate, no actualoffendercountry/guilt.
Reported caseCollected JournaldeMontreal/Quebec commentary about love-fraud victims: clipped opening says it is easy to laugh at them. That alone does not establish endorsed versus challenged blame or clinical harm; no personal amount/date/diagnosis borrowed.
Related mentionLüdinghausen false-doctor LoveScam fourdigit unspecifiedcurrencyloss. Falsephysicianheadline notactualUSoffender/realphysician; differentstronger USdoctorcourting bodypotentialsamecase needs ownsourcebridge, no exactamount/clinicalharmfilled.
Reported caseAll24 themes and country/date roles assessed on the saved own-body interpretation. General prevention, not one verified crime or all friendship-based investment events classified Romance. Repeated investment requests, remote control, fake crypto-site warning and advertised mule/trafficking risks remain general advice. No actual named victim, paid loss, raid, arrest, recovery, court outcome, forced work incident, clinical distress or measured service effectiveness. Early reporting advice is not guaranteed refund. Seminar April8 lacks its own explicit year in saved interpretation, so no publication-derived incident date. Queens agency name is not target residence/operation-country proof; countries remain unknown.
Prevention & supportJeanMidwestRomancevictimfaces29years andfour-year consequences; mediaexplicitlyimaginesrepresentativephoto notactualportrait. Potentialmaximumnotimposedsentence/conviction, sparseowncontext lacksmoney-mule/evidenceknowingintent/actualpaidloss; selected deepercontext pending. Current source-specific layer: All24 themes/roles/dates assessed. Named/pseudonymous Jean remains source-attributed, no identity or knowing intent independently verified. 300000cash converted to Bitcoin for alleged partner differs from200000 own personal loss and250000 legal fees; do not add as one personal loss or equate all routes. Reported raid/indictment are not conviction;29years/500000 fine potential, not imposed or paid. Source representative AI portrait is not offender deepfake evidence. No clinical diagnosis, housing loss, forced work, independent exoneration or actual recovery. Midwest does not alone resolve state; jurisdiction/operation/victim country and absolute dates unknown.
Reported caseNiihama50maleemployee15500000JPY SNSRomance loss andpolicereport. Employeeoccupationnotemployerfundstheft/clinicalcondition, ownnoinvestmentoffer/currencytransfermode/fakeactualname, noyearfromMarchrelative.
Reported caseBBBmostcostly2024Romance claim. UndefinedrankingdenominatornotUSoverallFBIclassification/measuredallpopulationlosses; ownshortbodypreventionnotquantifiedpersonalpaidamount. Current qualification: Own headline most-costly-US2024 wording retained as source claim. Separate original BBB2024 ScamTracker release identifies Romance/friendship No3risk and highest median6099 versus investment/crypto No1risk/5000median; not national overall total or incidence. Mental-health survey is all scams, not every Romance target. Current statistics interpretation remains denominator-qualified; no original FOX full body claimed, no measured readership/awareness or independent clinical effect.
Research & trendsLüdinghausen woman internetfalseUSdoctor courtedandmoneytaken, policewarning. Actualpaidlossunspecifiedamount; Americanpersona notactualoperatorUSA/physician, no medicalinjury/crypto assumed.
Reported caseArabicOklahomaAGstatement ChristineJoanEchoHawk arrested/allegedlaundering~1.5millionUSD targetingeldersRomance. Launderedproceedsnotallpersonalnetpaidloss, elderlytargetingnotclinicalimpairment/Nigeriaoperation oractualconviction.
Reported caseKuwana50female20000000JPYcashSNSRomance throughdatingappinvestmentoffer. DistinctKuwana60male10450000and30Ethereum31200000, appnotactualoperatorgender/identity orcrypto.
Reported caseAll24 themes/country/date roles assessed on exact own metadata; primary release remains explicitly outside. Own headline supports actual public warning and investment-scams topic, not measured effectiveness, enacted regulation, actual target loss, crypto payment, network offense or every friendship transaction Romance. Security/access-policy boilerplate is not substantive corpus instructions or a new regulatory finding. No video watched, full Biztoc body claimed or primary details copied into own thematic evidence. Source campaign/date context remains outside not normalized into own event dates; agency suffix/nationality not target geography. Original U preserved. Current qualification: Correct the general-warning scope field to general as required by the existing publication dimension contract. Mixed friendship/intimate-financial purpose remains qualified in source context/scam linkage; this is not an observed individual incident or a new source reading. Existing all24 states, own raw/body references and original capsule remain unchanged/preserved.
Prevention & supportToride60malecash23200000JPY SNSRomance, female-namedcounterparts. Reportpoliceinvestigatingnotconviction orproofoperatorgender/nationality; no paidcrypto/clinicalharm inferred.
Reported caseGlobalUS/Europe alert includesfakefamilyWhatsApp/AIcelebrityads/love-and-crypto fraud. Mixedwarningnot allRomance-technologyverified/per-victimpaidcrypto ormeasuredrise, FBI/policewarningsnotarrests.
Prevention & supportShaodong police reportone suspectarrest inmarriage/romanticfraud. Arrestnotconviction orknownpaidloss/forcedshammarriage/clinicalharm. Ownpoliceheadline notallcourtfilesverified.
Reported caseCollected JournaldeMontreal/Quebec commentary about love-fraud victims: clipped opening says it is easy to laugh at them. That alone does not establish endorsed versus challenged blame or clinical harm; no personal amount/date/diagnosis borrowed.
Related mentionMinamiUonuma30male SNSRomance4800000JPYcash+709500electronicmoney=5509500, approximate550mheadline. Site-registrationfees notcrypto/actualfemaleoperatorproven, reportpoliceinvestigationnotnewconviction. Relative14 nofullystatedcalendar.
Reported caseYonabaruOkinawa SNSRomance2450000JPYworthcryptocurrency loss; claimedacquaintanceBankOfJapandeputy notactualofficialinvolvement/personacountry. Crypto explicitlyownheadline, notall other245mversion assumedpaidcrypto ornewoperatoridentity.
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