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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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Komando programme page includes Jean Midwest200000 romance loss and29-year possible prison exposure alongside unrelated tariff/delivery/AI items. Substantive named case description but audio not played; possible maximum not imposed sentence and AI gadget unrelated to scam.
Related mentionReported godfather suicide at67 after romantic fraud of480000 dollars (currency not guessed). Source causal association not medical proof or all-family account of detective two suicides; no actual bereavement-date inferred. Own half-million loss in description supports financial harm even without exact480000 headline.
Reported caseReported godfather suicide at67 after romantic fraud of480000 dollars (currency not guessed). Source causal association not medical proof or all-family account of detective two suicides; no actual bereavement-date inferred. Current source-specific layer: Anonymous family's condition attribution is not diagnosis or independent causality. Remortgage is not actual homelessness. No godfather name, persona-country assignment, enacted policy or measured preventive benefit.
Reported caseCharles Uchenna Nwadavid $2.5 million romance-fraud allegations, charge/arrest variants. Faces twenty or forty years refers potential maximum, not imposed/served sentence; no conviction inferred. Nigerian residence and UK departure not victim country or whole-network operating jurisdiction. Current source-specific layer: Potential maximum is not an imposed term. DOJ-attributed Binance link is not an official primary citation or independently reproduced tracing. No Massachusetts-intermediary residence/nationality/intent inferred beyond own role context.
Reported caseCharles Uchenna Nwadavid $2.5 million romance-fraud allegations, charge/arrest variants. Faces twenty or forty years refers potential maximum, not imposed/served sentence; no conviction inferred. Nigerian residence and UK departure not victim country or whole-network operating jurisdiction. Current source-specific layer: Read initial repost separately from comments. Other defendant comments, ridicule and Turkey link do not support a merged case or consensus. Do not fill the court-appearance year from an adjacent date; keep its yearless wording in the context.
Reported caseFBI arrest of Mercy Ojedeji, 24, and headline $1 million fraud/romance link with forged documents. Distinguish visa fraud from romance proceeds; no all-dollar personal victim loss, conviction or Nigerian operational location inferred.
Reported caseGranby detective reports two romance-fraud victims taking their lives over18months. Reported association not medically verified cause or same case as unnamed67-year-old/480000CAD counterpart; no dates/identity invented. Own explicit shock/disappointment, despair or upset-title expression supports attributed distress without diagnosis or clinical causation. Current source-specific layer: Two named victims stay distinct. Publication-page revision differs from URL date. No inferred 18-month calendar range, operator country, coroner verification or accommodation loss assigned to every named person.
Reported caseUnnamed 28-year-old Oredo/Edo man reportedly voluntarily surrendered to Benin EFCC and confessed to romance scams. Voluntary contact is not necessarily formal arrest, charge or conviction. No loss amount, actual victims or operational country guessed.
Reported caseTottori spring new-relationships warning includes SNS investment and romance scams; purported seasonal increase not quantitative incidence checked. General consultation advice not actual money recovered.
Prevention & supportComparative Taiwan/Korea/Japan fraud scripts include fake American soldier/MSF doctor romantic identities; Osaka proposed ban on phone use at ATM. Policy proposal not enacted or all ATM scams romantic; descriptive comparison not empirical causal trend.
Research & trendsReported godfather suicide at67 after romantic fraud of480000 dollars (currency not guessed). Source causal association not medical proof or all-family account of detective two suicides; no actual bereavement-date inferred. Own half-million loss in description supports financial harm even without exact480000 headline.
Reported caseFrench source describes an Oklahoma woman accused of online romantic deceptions targeting elderly women and $1.5 million stolen. Aggregate source claim not single victim loss; no laundering, seizure or conviction inferred from other versions.
Reported caseOklahoma authorities allege woman posed as men to target elderly people through love scams; source names Christine Echohawk. Allegation not court determination, no exact sum or arrest/conviction filled from companion coverage.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseUnnamed 28-year-old Oredo/Edo man reportedly voluntarily surrendered to Benin EFCC and confessed to romance scams. Voluntary contact is not necessarily formal arrest, charge or conviction. No loss amount, actual victims or operational country guessed.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
Reported caseRomance Scam Kingpin Part2 description says US postal inspector catches multimillion-dollar network leader. Short nonfiction programme context qualifies, but no episode watched/verified arrest date/name/loss distribution or convicted status.
Reported caseStLouis County man admits forged student-visa documents and reportedly linked to $1 million romance-fraud scheme. Plea precisely visa fraud not necessarily guilty plea to whole romance scheme or personal victim loss. Current source-specific layer: Document/wire plea differs from disputed romance involvement. Intended loss, seized parcels and university benefits have different scopes; no imposed sentence, knowing romance participation or actual romantic target loss inferred. Later external sentence is not April knowledge. Current qualification: April plea to visa/wire offenses and denial of Romance participation remain distinct. Later external December41month sentence is not April source knowledge, a new GDELT URL or automatically counted direct follow-up; actual included counterpart required. Intended1m/seized94150/parcel counts/tuition49000 distinct, judgment not independently audited.
Reported caseDossier of tragic romance fraud says unnamed MonsieurP67 had family/neighbors but lacked desired affection. Desire for romance not clinical social isolation diagnosis; article count two not two unique incidents, no death/480000amount from unseen companion stories.
Reported caseCharles Uchenna Nwadavid $2.5 million romance-fraud allegations, charge/arrest variants. Faces twenty or forty years refers potential maximum, not imposed/served sentence; no conviction inferred. Nigerian residence and UK departure not victim country or whole-network operating jurisdiction.
Reported caseUnnamed 28-year-old Oredo/Edo man reportedly voluntarily surrendered to Benin EFCC and confessed to romance scams. Voluntary contact is not necessarily formal arrest, charge or conviction. No loss amount, actual victims or operational country guessed.
Reported caseOklahoma/Pawnee woman accused of $1.5 million laundering or theft through romance scams. Headline variants, including $2.4 million, are preserved as source claims, not silently converted or added. Charges/allegation not conviction; laundered receipts not automatically each victim personal loss. No operator identity, victim address or senior diagnosis inferred. Own theft/extracted-proceeds context has financial claim; withheld initial per-targetfinancial attribution kept pending current scope audit, not an assertion no monetary harm occurred. Own explicit reported loss/theft is coded as an attributed financial claim in multi-target scope, preserving uncertain headline allocation. This is not independently proven netloss or permission to sum proceeds and victim totals.
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