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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% |
Each record represents a source web page, not a verified incident. Different URLs can describe the same event. About these records.
Own Oklahoma description says one victim sold her house to send $600,000; the other version also says another sent $40,000 in gift cards. Housing sale to fund payments not proof subsequent homelessness; no clinical diagnosis or actual money recovered. $1.5 million aggregate not single elderly woman loss.
Reported caseOklahoma allegedly posed as men in fake romances; December2024 claimedJasonMorris oilvessel/Alaska barrel story asks elderly girlfriend120000USD. Request not already paid amount, oil/Alaska not actual scammer location,1.5million aggregate not single victim loss. Own convinced-to-send phrasing supports solicitation, not confirmed execution; official120000 bankinterception remains separate qualified layer. No sum of solicitation and held payment.
Reported caseAlessandro Ghinamo39 Cuneo 2019 suicide attributed to romantic honey trap by Nola pair with fake girl profiles. Coroner causality not independently verified; trial/prosecution not conviction, legal-threat extortion not actual arrest of victim. Monthly payments no amount.
Reported caseING in2024 anonymously referred350 dating-fraud targets to Geldfit;70% reportedly ended scam relationship. Cohort is bank referrals not all Dutch victims and ending relationship not returned funds, reduction in loss or independent effectiveness evaluation.
Prevention & supportOklahoma/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.
Reported caseKaohsiung Shi74 fake LINE girlfriend PaoFuJiang emotional grooming then gold-investment transfer; 100000 NTD stopped. Prior repeated scam exposure not proven three identical incidents/known prior total; reprimand by police quoted only in ETtoday own text.
Reported caseFeldkirch/Vorarlberg love deception and five-figure loan to38-year-old truck driver; later partially conditional sentence to repeat offender under judgment. Genuine prior relationship does not exclude deliberate romantic financial deception; not served entire custodial sentence or prior crimes automatically same romance pattern. Own VOL metadata has noFeldkirch/Vorarlberg court/place literal; do not borrow it from other truck-driver source. Contextual comparison still needed before case membership. Actual loan/promise deception supported in own text; subtype unspecified because transfer mode not given.
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.
Reported caseOklahoma charges: victims believed they were sending money to an online male romantic partner. Actual transfers supported in own description; male persona does not establish scammer gender. Charges not conviction or exact individual net loss. Plural targets, not one known victim case.
Reported caseAlessandro Ghinamo39 Cuneo 2019 suicide attributed to romantic honey trap by Nola pair with fake girl profiles. Coroner causality not independently verified; trial/prosecution not conviction, legal-threat extortion not actual arrest of victim. Monthly payments no amount. Own metadata lacks2019 literal; prior shared guide accidentally borrowed date from Dagospia. Remove metadata date assertion; actualLeggo deeper body has2019 exactdeath interval as separately qualified layer. Current source-specific layer: Preserve death interval Oct19-20,2019 as unresolved within the context instead of a single fabricated exact day. Monthly payment and demanded amount distinct; extortion threat is not victim arrest or actual sexual assault. No clinical deficit borrowed from LaGuida, no other Verona target merged.
Reported casePawnee AG says four elderly women were scammed and a woman allegedly laundered the funds. Four reported targets not four independently verified unique losses; no monetary amount, conviction or clinical condition from sparse metadata.
Reported caseKaohsiung Shi74 fake LINE girlfriend PaoFuJiang emotional grooming then gold-investment transfer; 100000 NTD stopped. Prior repeated scam exposure not proven three identical incidents/known prior total; reprimand by police quoted only in ETtoday own text. Own explicit shock/disappointment, despair or upset-title expression supports attributed distress without diagnosis or clinical causation.
Reported caseFargo Rodney Richter civil federal complaint April8 says first romance victim and warned by FBI to stop fraudulent checks. Civil suit not criminal conviction, no exact victim loss or knowing participation adjudicated; check scheme not enough alone to prove bank-account-use subtype. Current source-specific layer: Corporate and facilitated losses are not Richter personal losses; attempted checks differ from completed loss. Subject disputes allegations. Claimed romance identity is not authenticated. No criminal conviction or permanent license revocation; external commission document remains separate. Current qualification: One-page commission search text authorizes investigation and broker-requested temporary inactivity, with possible reactivation. This is not permanent revocation or criminal guilt; allegations/contested civil complaint remain separate and requested injunction is not granted. Corporate/check losses not personal romantic loss.
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.
Reported caseTaichung Chen72 previously prevented from sending 5 million NTD to fake Yemen female military doctor; later 2 million renovation withdrawal also intercepted. Mixed separate attempts, not 7 million completed romantic loss. Yemen is persona claim, not perpetrator location; irritation/disappointment not clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseGeorgia perpetrator sentencing for multi-state elderly romance scams. Spanish five-year headline versus UPI two-year source is retained unresolved rather than combined into one imposed sentence; source-specific identity/official record needed. Restitution obligation not funds actually paid to victims. Actual selectedSpanishbody/DOJ identifiesObafemi and distinguishes24months prison plus3years supervised release; current named-context/restitution/plea revisions required before export. No allthesepublisherbodies claimedread.
Reported caseCourt-document report: elderly woman allegedly sold her home to send money to online romantic partner; an Oklahoma woman allegedly laundered funds for unnamed man. Attribution to documents not independent reading of court record, no exact amount or actual homelessness established.
Reported caseGeorgia perpetrator sentencing for multi-state elderly romance scams. Spanish five-year headline versus UPI two-year source is retained unresolved rather than combined into one imposed sentence; source-specific identity/official record needed. Restitution obligation not funds actually paid to victims. Actual selectedSpanishbody/DOJ identifiesObafemi and distinguishes24months prison plus3years supervised release; current named-context/restitution/plea revisions required before export. No allthesepublisherbodies claimedread.
Reported caseTaichung Chen72 previously prevented from sending 5 million NTD to fake Yemen female military doctor; later 2 million renovation withdrawal also intercepted. Mixed separate attempts, not 7 million completed romantic loss. Yemen is persona claim, not perpetrator location; irritation/disappointment not clinical diagnosis.
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.
Reported caseMunich trial of twelve alleged Black Axe members, accused of romance fraud and organized criminal activity. Accused/charged and trial are not conviction or twelve distinct incidents. Nigerian organization label or nationality not actual operating country; Munich is procedural jurisdiction.
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.
Reported caseChanghua single mothers XiaoHua/XiaoMei are pseudonyms; Facebook fake military orthopedic-doctor boyfriends/family travel pretext led to bank-account disclosures. Court found emotion-fraud victimization and acquitted, not knowingly convicted mules. Other family account disclosures do not prove material loss. Court heard the matter, supported trial/hearing stage. Exact reported acquittal remains narrative, never coded as conviction; no new acquittal subtype invented. Source whole-body open failed, saved own metadata supports outcome.
Reported caseMunich trial of twelve alleged Black Axe members, accused of romance fraud and organized criminal activity. Accused/charged and trial are not conviction or twelve distinct incidents. Nigerian organization label or nationality not actual operating country; Munich is procedural jurisdiction.
Reported caseCatherine Keyl commentary about dating fraud and exploitation of loving feelings. Promotional short metadata not source of exact case, quantified psychological disorder or actual loss.
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