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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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Ikoma/Nara police-government warning magnets/distribution against special and SNS investment/romance fraud. Mixed prevention programme, not financial interception or individual victim report; relativedate not converted.
Prevention & supportFraud-expert protection guide explicitly discusses finding a partner/growing old together as romance-fraud lure. General warning not a named loss, diagnosis or actual new enforcement event.
Prevention & supportYonago50 male romance crypto-investment offer and1230000JPY loss. Offer does not establish original payment was cryptocurrency or actual operator identity; relative3rd not calendar-filled.
Reported caseCoventry online-app fraud victim over100000 and police warning. Own place does not by itself identify UK rather than US Coventry, no perpetrator country, exact incident date or clinical harm guessed.
Reported caseAustralian/Sydney investigation describes Nigerian blood-cult involvement, romance scams and business-email compromise. Mixed aggregate millions transferred to Africa not each romance victim loss or actual operator nationality/location inferred from gang label.
Reported caseMDR mixes sexual extortion and love fraud from online flirting, with severe psychological strain and one girl describing vomiting. Source-attributed mixed harms not all young victims romance cases, independently verified diagnosis or paid blackmail.
Research & trendsAustralian/Sydney investigation describes Nigerian blood-cult involvement, romance scams and business-email compromise. Mixed aggregate millions transferred to Africa not each romance victim loss or actual operator nationality/location inferred from gang label.
Reported casePiedmont council passed online emotional-dependency financial-fraud prevention law with150000 budget for three years. Legislative/programme allocation not money lost or recovered by victims; relative25March does not supply calendar year on its own.
Prevention & supportOwn Gate headline Oita-city40 male SNS romance6590000JPY. Publisher boilerplate is not substantive case description; do not borrow60male/cigar1229万円 from originally collapsed neighboring article.
Reported caseAustralian/Sydney investigation describes Nigerian blood-cult involvement, romance scams and business-email compromise. Mixed aggregate millions transferred to Africa not each romance victim loss or actual operator nationality/location inferred from gang label.
Reported caseAustralian/Sydney investigation describes Nigerian blood-cult involvement, romance scams and business-email compromise. Mixed aggregate millions transferred to Africa not each romance victim loss or actual operator nationality/location inferred from gang label.
Reported caseFayette County relationship-scam police-reporting guide. Headline supports specific topic and advice, not a named completed crime, actual report or paid loss; county country not guessed.
Prevention & supportItalian love-scam warning explains fabricated emotional relationships extracting money. Phone-number label/persona country is not an independently verified offender identity/location and no public confirmed blacklist is inferred.
Prevention & supportTaiwan political report speculates legislative assistant Cai fell for romance scam, with absence/foreign travel/resignation. Preserve allegation and uncertainty: do not assert romance caused employment loss or Macau operation from travel.
Related mentionKaruizawa/Kitasaku70 male SNS investment-romance cash59800000 via fifteen payments. Payments not fifteen victims; last November without explicit year not calendar-filled; no completed crypto transfer.
Reported caseFayette County relationship-scam police-reporting guide. Headline supports specific topic and advice, not a named completed crime, actual report or paid loss; county country not guessed.
Prevention & supportBacolod CIDG filed qualified trafficking charges against two Malaysians arrested last week for alleged love-scam operation. Arrest and charges not conviction; nationality not actual Malaysian operating location, trafficking charge alone does not establish forced work.
Reported caseYufu70 male approximately3290000JPY romance-investment loss with withdrawal-fee demand. Demand not proof extra fee paid beyond stated loss; no crypto transaction type or full date guessed.
Reported caseJapan report2.7fold increase via matching apps within SNS investment/romance fraud total1268億円. Mixed aggregate not all romance losses or independently validated prevalence; relativelastyear not inferred2024.
Research & trendsHitachi72 male lost32910000JPY cash to claimed individual investors met on SNS; police expressly investigate romance scam. Relative2nd not complete event date; no crypto transfer or offender country inferred.
Reported caseRTL romance-scam documentary explicitly discusses false celebrity identities/videos/AI and targeting older women. Source general mechanism not independently verified nationality distribution or actual clinical/financial outcome; video not watched.
Prevention & supportDating-site romance-baiting federal seizure of over eight million traced to crypto wallets. Seizure is asset custody, not completed victim return or every wallet dollar independently established personal loss; no new April raid date invented.
Reported caseRTL brouteurs documentary discusses AI aiding romance deception. General attributed mechanism not independently verified each operator, actual victim loss or defensiveAI initiative efficacy. No programme watched. Documentary investigation title is not explicit warning statement; retain source AI mechanism only.
Prevention & supportDating-site romance-baiting federal seizure of over eight million traced to crypto wallets. Seizure is asset custody, not completed victim return or every wallet dollar independently established personal loss; no new April raid date invented.
Reported caseSurvivor/advocate proposes dating-app scam notifications and legislative protection. Proposal not enacted law or a measured delivered support service; personal clinical outcomes not supplied.
Prevention & support