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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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Akita50 male800000JPY cash loss expressly designated SNS romance fraud, job-help remuneration pretext. Incidental task wording does not negate police own intimate-fraud designation; no actual employment loss or crypto payment.
Reported caseSchwandorf/Wackersdorf68 female sent33000EUR through Facebook love deception. Own clipped text supplies age/place/payment, not clinical impairment, actual crypto or arrest.
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 & supportYame SNS romance-investment victim sent cash multiple times after dollar investment offer. Completed transfers source-attributed; no supplied amount, actual USD payment currency, calendar day/year or crypto transfer inferred.
Reported caseTwo Malaysians reportedly arrested in Bacolod rented-house love-scam/trafficking investigation; charges being prepared, not already convicted. Arrest site supports PH operation/jurisdiction; nationality alone not MY operation, forced work not established.
Reported caseCIDG Bacolod alleged love-scam/trafficking recruits young women with modeling jobs then uses them for online clients in Europe/US. Recruitment deception/trafficking allegation not explicit physical force, verified victim residence abroad, arrest in own snippet or conviction. Current qualification: Own Rappler body failed; sevenPNA versustenGMArescued,100plus recruited and unpaidagents different sourcecounts retained. RPN forced-work allegation separately typed, not copied as own physicalforce/convicted trafficking. March27raid/March28inquest/April2witnesscall distinct, foreignclients not workerscountry. Police larger-network inquiry not proven global syndicate, no sourcebody borrowed or added corpusURL.
Reported caseDOJ romance-bait crypto seizure8.2million plus woman660000 life-savings loss and additional300000 demand. Aggregate custody, single loss and subsequent request distinct; no funds returned to victims or all payments crypto.
Reported caseOlorunfunmi, Amos and Unuigbe money-laundering pleas in US mixed romance/BEC conspiracy. Combined sixty-year potential maximum not imposed sentence;4.5million scheme aggregate not all romance victim losses or employer-fund theft. Current source-specific layer: All24 themes/roles/dates assessed. Own source differs defendants/offenses: Olorunfunmi39 laundering; Amos53 unlicensed transmitter; Unuigbe42 laundering/unlicensed. Combined60-year headline potential not imposed custody or all identical20-year sentences.2020–2023 mixed romance/BEC/125plus targets and4.5m proceeds not personal romance-only losses, employer theft or independent incidence; no extra Fcode from combined scheme sum. Existing US jurisdiction evidence retained, nationality not operation geography. No date supplied for sentencing; Friday not normalized. Explicit2020–2023 interval retained as years only. Original indictment/judgment not inspected and outside DOJ exact March28 not borrowed into this source. Current qualification: Original DOJ March28,2025 plea chronology separate from own Friday. Different defendants/offenses and twenty-year maximum not all identical imposed terms, mixedBEC/Romance proceeds not personal Romance-only losses. Original judgment not inspected; geography belongs account/exchange roles only, no borrowed sentencing day.
Reported caseTasmanian radio page gives romance-scam warning with general heartbreak/loss claims. No audio listened or individual loss/clinical injury quantified from promotional description.
Prevention & supportFrench dating-app romance-fraud guide protects emotions and money. Generic warning not a named victim, measured psychological harm or actual money recovery.
Prevention & supportJonan/Fukuoka police warn man about SNS messages declaring love/wish to meet; suspected romance scam. Warning and claimed affection not actual payment, meeting assault or arrest.
Prevention & supportUS/DOJ8.2m asset recovery from romance baiting. Recoup/seizure government custody not money returned to victims; no inferred arrest, sentencing date or individual loss.
Reported caseFederal romance-baiting Tether seizure: headline8.2million but description8.2billion. Preserve contradictory units; no silently combined/converted victim loss, criminal conviction or completed return.
Reported caseTaiwanMarch23–29 mixed dashboard total18億/3874, fake-dating/marriage4800plus萬元 subset versus stolenLINE1051萬元. Do not allocate full6163sum/allinvestmentloss to romance or sum subset into whole; no explicit year from observation.
Research & trendsCaptain unwillingphotoowner lure in AI-assisted lovefinancialfraud. Source describes both romance targets and stolen-identity harmedpersons; generic harm not clinical/quantifiedpersonalnetloss or every stolenphotoAI-generated.
Research & trendsTasmaniaLAFM romance awareness page. Source generic heartbreak/loss not actualindividual diagnosis/payment or audienceresearch; recording not listened.
Prevention & supportNoida businessman seeks love online, woman lures him to trading-app investment and6.5crore loss. Occupation not employer-fund theft, paid loss not amount returned or clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseLucerne police specific romance warning. Bareheadline supports warning only, not a namedtarget/loss/courtdate or exactgrowth estimate.
Prevention & supportNigerian national romance/BECproceeds laundering plea,125plus targets4.5million. Headlineplea notsentence or all4.5million romance personalnetloss; name/age/legalcharge differencesneed ownsource layer, noNigerianoperatinglocation fromnationality.
Reported caseAllegedly providedaccount forlove-scam proceeds tensofthousands; sourcegender/role notactuallytargetlossorinnocence/courtconviction. Accountuseexplicit, knowinglaunderingnotindependently established.
Reported caseSaga50male200000JPY-equivalent cryptocurrency romance-investment loss, claimedofferincreaseincome. Source romance designation retained; no realJapaneseoperator, investmentprofit actuallyrealized or exactdatefromrelative28th.
Reported casePress release describes SNS international-romance/investment victim-support manual. Product title not proof actual support delivered, validated research or any specific paid loss.
Related mentionBacolodSingcangAirport Thursday love-scam hub raid: two Malaysians arrested andeightFilipina models rescued. Source count differs later seven/ten reports; preserve discrepancy, nationality not operator country. Rescue not victim financial refund; no specific physical force or conviction established.
Reported caseFundraiser for61male romance target who sent substantial cash; explicit shame/embarrassment attributed subject. Fundraiser launched not funds delivered or loss recovered; amount unavailable in own version.
Reported caseSandySelvan OxfordMichigan fakeMarkHarmon NCIS romance, nearly500000 plus car/home sale to fund scam. Sale not established homelessness or automatic debt; aggregate personal payment no refund. Source complaint ruinedlife not clinicaldiagnosis.
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