Victims of 'romance scams' turn to Congress for help
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| Jan 2025 | 591 | 591 | 100.0% |
| Feb 2025 | 1,629 | 1,629 | 100.0% |
| Mar 2025 | 561 | 561 | 100.0% |
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| 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% |
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| Oct 2026 | 30 | 30 | 100.0% |
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Ghana e Nigeria i paradisi della truffa romantica Ecco come funziona
ItalianRomanceguideWhatsApp/socialcontacthumor/trustthencostthousands;GhanaNigeriaheadlinegeneralizationnotverifiedoperationofeachcase/nationality. Noactualindividualnetloss/clinicalharm/studyprevalence.
Prevention & support【茨城新聞】ロマンス詐欺、阿見の男性430万円相当被害 茨城
AmiRomance4300000equivalent loss headline, noownpaymenttype/age/clinicalharm fromemptydescription. Sourceamount notadditive acrosscopies.
Reported caseKriminalität: Wie ich mich vor Love Scamming schützen kann
OwnGermanLoveScamming protectiontitle;empty/generalinformationbodydoesnotgiveactualtarget/amount/tipsnumber/country.
Prevention & support69歲老翁交往「小17歲初戀」家產遭挖空 女友：他死了我會掏錢埋 | 兩岸(大陸) | 三立新聞網 SETN.COM
HenanChang69firstgirlfriend17years-younger allegedlydepletedcash/home, womancontestsfraud. Sourceclaimedreallifeintimacyandfinancialdeceptionnotautomaticallyscopeexcluded;disputedclaimretained withoutguiltyverdict/paidfuneraldeath.
Reported caseロマンス詐欺の疑いで男逮捕｜北日本新聞webunプラス
KushiroPolice arrest Osakadeliveryworker SanShinya30 for SNS romance financialdeception. Sourcecharge suspicion notconviction; truncatedrelative lastMayJune notexactyear. Own clippedversions retainunknownamount/identity details. Ownwireexplicitlyaccusesmoneybeingdefrauded, sufficientattributedfinancialharm althoughamountunknown. Policeaccusationnotverifiedguilt; complete370000sumonlylongownversion.
Reported caseWie ich mich vor Love Scamming schützen kann
OwnGermanLoveScamming protectiontitle;empty/generalinformationbodydoesnotgiveactualtarget/amount/tipsnumber/country.
Prevention & supportロマンス詐欺の疑いで男逮捕／北海道・釧路署 | 四国新聞社
KushiroPolice arrest Osakadeliveryworker SanShinya30 for SNS romance financialdeception. Sourcecharge suspicion notconviction; truncatedrelative lastMayJune notexactyear. Own clippedversions retainunknownamount/identity details. Ownwireexplicitlyaccusesmoneybeingdefrauded, sufficientattributedfinancialharm althoughamountunknown. Policeaccusationnotverifiedguilt; complete370000sumonlylongownversion.
Reported caseWie ich mich vor Love Scamming schützen kann - WELT
WeisserRingtenLoveScammingtips forisolatedonlinelove seekers. Advice/risktype notpopulationincidence/proofalllonelypeopledeficient orvictimblamingendorsed.
Prevention & supportFrom catfishing to catphishing: The evolution of a romance scam - The Lake Sun
Spokeo syndicated catphishing explanation links romantic/identity deception and hypothetical bankharm. Not independentlyvalidated newtypology, actualcrimevictimloss or empiricaltrend; underlyingdata-broker promotion retained as sourceattribution.
Related mentionロマンス詐欺の疑いで男逮捕 北海道・釧路署 | 上毛新聞社のニュースサイト
KushiroPolice arrest Osakadeliveryworker SanShinya30 for SNS romance financialdeception. Sourcecharge suspicion notconviction; truncatedrelative lastMayJune notexactyear. Own clippedversions retainunknownamount/identity details. Ownwireexplicitlyaccusesmoneybeingdefrauded, sufficientattributedfinancialharm althoughamountunknown. Policeaccusationnotverifiedguilt; complete370000sumonlylongownversion.
Reported caseロマンス詐欺の疑いで男逮捕／北海道・釧路署 | 四国新聞社
KushiroPolice arrest Osakadeliveryworker SanShinya30 for SNS romance financialdeception. Sourcecharge suspicion notconviction; truncatedrelative lastMayJune notexactyear. Own clippedversions retainunknownamount/identity details. Ownwireexplicitlyaccusesmoneybeingdefrauded, sufficientattributedfinancialharm althoughamountunknown. Policeaccusationnotverifiedguilt; complete370000sumonlylongownversion.
Reported caseロマンス詐欺の疑いで男逮捕 北海道・釧路署
KushiroPolice arrest Osakadeliveryworker SanShinya30 for SNS romance financialdeception. Sourcecharge suspicion notconviction; truncatedrelative lastMayJune notexactyear. Own clippedversions retainunknownamount/identity details. Ownwireexplicitlyaccusesmoneybeingdefrauded, sufficientattributedfinancialharm althoughamountunknown. Policeaccusationnotverifiedguilt; complete370000sumonlylongownversion.
Reported case男子假網拍賣張惠妹門票 還用交友APP戀愛詐騙刷卡住飯店躲警察 - 臺北市 - 自由時報電子報
Liao28fakeconcerttickets plus same-sexdatingappRomance toobtainelectronics/card-fundedhotel/accountuse, arrested.22/240000ticketfraudand99/116mcombinedsweep notRomance-onlylosses/victims;same-sexlure doesnotestablishidentityofeverytarget. Ownarticleincludescard-fundedRomanceelectronics/hotel andticketfraudloss. Retainmixedfinancialclaim, notall22/99victims or240000/1160000Romance-only; noactualnewdebt inferred. Mixed-article scope retained as scam_link=mixed_scheme even when warning application uses general/not_applicable dimensions.
Reported caseロマンス詐欺の疑いで男逮捕 北海道・釧路署｜全国のニュース｜北國新聞
Ownheadline explicitly romance-fraud arrest; sparseversionhasnoamount orvictimidentity, clippedHokkoku description incomplete. Arrest notguiltyverdict ortermserved; noborrowedfullwirefacts.
Reported case35歲男戀愛詐財340萬！深情話術4女上當 女友崩潰：看新聞才知道 | 國際 | 三立新聞網 SETN.COM
UKPeterGray35romancefourwomen3400000NTDheadconverted/noseparateGBPamount, girlfriendfindsnews andonevictimgavebirth. Sevenyearsentence/sourceclaimnotverifiedtermserved, shockedgirlfrienddistressnotallwomenclinical. Shockheadlineconcernsgirlfrienddiscoveringfraud, notallfourfinancialtargets/clinicaldiagnosis. Noindependentmedicalassessment.
Reported case女警宣導網戀詐騙「AI換臉」現出原形引萬人暴動按讚！網嗨翻：想匯款了 | udn科技玩家
TaipeiPolice romance-warningvideousesAIfacechange, reportedly16000likes. Syntheticmedia belongs educationalvideo, notconfirmedAIusedbycriminal. Likesnotawarenessgain/victims;recordingnotwatched.
Prevention & supportロマンス詐欺の疑いで男逮捕 北海道・釧路署｜全国のニュース｜Web東奥
Kushiro30suspect romance-love messages to30female thenfalsepropertyinvestment370000cash/e-money. Arrested on suspicion, previousdifferent Miearrest not samecharge/conviction. Relative lastMayJune yearunknown; exactmixedpaymentmode notallcrypto. 370000cash/e-money allegationretained, notadjudicatedactualnetloss.
Reported caseGhana e Nigeria i paradisi delle truffe romantiche
ItalianRomanceguideWhatsApp/socialcontacthumor/trustthencostthousands;GhanaNigeriaheadlinegeneralizationnotverifiedoperationofeachcase/nationality. Noactualindividualnetloss/clinicalharm/studyprevalence.
Prevention & supportロマンス詐欺の疑いで男逮捕
KushiroPolice arrest Osakadeliveryworker SanShinya30 for SNS romance financialdeception. Sourcecharge suspicion notconviction; truncatedrelative lastMayJune notexactyear. Own clippedversions retainunknownamount/identity details. Ownwireexplicitlyaccusesmoneybeingdefrauded, sufficientattributedfinancialharm althoughamountunknown. Policeaccusationnotverifiedguilt; complete370000sumonlylongownversion.
Reported caseFederal Court Orders Recovery Of Nearly $2.3M For Victims Of An Online Romance Scam - Ruling Stems From A CFTC Complaint Against Debiex
Debiex federalArizona civildefaultjudgment/recoveryorder nearly2.3m forRomanceplatformfraud. Over2m customersmisappropriation versusorderednearly2.3m distinct; issuedorder notactualvictimrefund. No criminalguilt/conviction fromcivil liability. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Civil default judgment/market ban and issued restitution/return orders are source-agency claims, not inspected court documents, actual victim payments, criminal conviction or imprisonment. Existing justice subtypes do not establish a criminal outcome or personal appearance; insufficient applicable subtype remains explicit instead of inventing one.221466 penalty, over2.2m restitution and roughly120000 wallet funds retain distinct scopes and are not added as one victim loss. Fabricated friendship OR romance/fake trading and role division are mixed-scheme claims. Wallet holdings alone do not establish every target crypto-transfer route, coercion or financial innocence. Chinese nationality uncertain and not an operation/target country proxy. Jan17,2024 complaint is literal, March order year not filled from dateline. No serious/clinical/family/material harm, extortion, formal forged identity, implemented trading shutdown or measured prevention inferred.
Reported caseロマンス詐欺の疑いで男逮捕
KushiroPolice arrest Osakadeliveryworker SanShinya30 for SNS romance financialdeception. Sourcecharge suspicion notconviction; truncatedrelative lastMayJune notexactyear. Own clippedversions retainunknownamount/identity details. Ownwireexplicitlyaccusesmoneybeingdefrauded, sufficientattributedfinancialharm althoughamountunknown. Policeaccusationnotverifiedguilt; complete370000sumonlylongownversion.
Reported caseWie ich mich vor Love Scamming schützen kann
WeisserRingtenLoveScammingtips forisolatedonlinelove seekers. Advice/risktype notpopulationincidence/proofalllonelypeopledeficient orvictimblamingendorsed.
Prevention & supportProtect yourself from scams—Estevan fraud prevention night set for March 24
EstevanPolice scheduledMarch24 fraudeducation mixedemail/tax/romance/giftcards. Planned publicservice, notalreadyheld orprovedeffective;olderaudience notallcriminaldeliberatetargeting. Mixed-article scope retained as scam_link=mixed_scheme even when warning application uses general/not_applicable dimensions.
Prevention & support影／7旬婦陷愛情詐騙抵押房產欲借200萬 當舖業者起疑報警阻詐 | 聯合新聞網
NewTaipeipawnshop interceptsolderfemale proposedpropertymortgage2000000 fromRomancelure. Attemptedloan notactualdebt/houseforfeiture/payment;partofpreventionmeeting.
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