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Filtered counts and monthly denominators| Observation month | Matching URLs | All included URLs | Share |
| Jan 2024 | 443 | 443 | 100.0% |
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| Feb 2024 | 685 | 685 | 100.0% |
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| Mar 2024 | 391 | 391 | 100.0% |
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| Apr 2024 | 487 | 487 | 100.0% |
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| May 2024 | 519 | 519 | 100.0% |
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| Jun 2024 | 303 | 303 | 100.0% |
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| Jul 2024 | 545 | 545 | 100.0% |
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| Aug 2024 | 352 | 352 | 100.0% |
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| Sep 2024 | 387 | 387 | 100.0% |
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| Oct 2024 | 493 | 493 | 100.0% |
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| Nov 2024 | 496 | 496 | 100.0% |
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| Dec 2024 | 565 | 565 | 100.0% |
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5,596 matching media records
Each record represents a source web page, not a verified incident. Different URLs can describe the same event. About these records.
mix108.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-26
Own Minnesota owed2.1m restitution and headed to federal prison. Compensation obligation not actual refund/loss/term; planned incarceration wording does not specify actual imposed sentence or offender name.
Reported case
kfgo.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-26
Own BrooklynPark man five-year sentence; must pay over2.1m in clipped clause. Payment purpose absent in own text: not automatically restitution/fine from otherMinnesota aliases. No money returned, name, source-body facts or date.
Reported case
www.setn.comChinese (traditional)Observed 2024-10-26
Own Zhang48 female fake mother/triplet-daughters multiple-role Romance andthree males, charge/three-year prison term suspendedfour. No time served/full identity/actualmoney/AI/formal forgery ormulti-operator network fromone-person roleplay.
Reported case
therockofrochester.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-26
Own Minnesota owed2.1m restitution and headed to federal prison. Compensation obligation not actual refund/loss/term; planned incarceration wording does not specify actual imposed sentence or offender name.
Reported case
kfilradio.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-26
Own Minnesota owed2.1m restitution and headed to federal prison. Compensation obligation not actual refund/loss/term; planned incarceration wording does not specify actual imposed sentence or offender name.
Reported case
www.zazoom.itItalianObserved 2024-10-26
Own Avellino25man44woman sentimental-fraud acquittal; explicitNov2022 relationship start notjudgment date. Acquittalnotconviction or everyharm denied, missingpayment/falseintimacy detail withheld.
Reported case
www.elperiodico.comSpanishObserved 2024-10-25–2024-10-26
Own online amorous-scam heading; description separately links a bank-warning article. Linked page not opened, no bank victim/amount/method borrowed.
Related mention
kroc.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-26
Own Minnesota owed2.1m restitution and headed to federal prison. Compensation obligation not actual refund/loss/term; planned incarceration wording does not specify actual imposed sentence or offender name.
Reported case
krocnews.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-26
Own Minnesota owed2.1m restitution and headed to federal prison. Compensation obligation not actual refund/loss/term; planned incarceration wording does not specify actual imposed sentence or offender name.
Reported case
kdhlradio.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-26
Own Minnesota owed2.1m restitution and headed to federal prison. Compensation obligation not actual refund/loss/term; planned incarceration wording does not specify actual imposed sentence or offender name.
Reported case
regional.kompas.comIndonesianObserved 2024-10-25
Own Lampung FY41 female11mIDR false-love loss and edited police photo. Impersonation not true police role, syntheticAI or formal forged document; no operator nationality from publisher.
Reported case
www3.nhk.or.jpJapaneseObserved 2024-10-25
Own Komatsu60 male224mJPY tentative SNS Romance source/claimed female and false investment. No paid cash/crypto route or investigation inferred from attribution.
Reported case
www.greenbot.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-17–2024-10-25
Own HK police-attributed360mHKD/46mUSD one converted Romance-ring sum and convincing deepfake personas. No two additive losses/actual operator country/unique targets; busted means disrupted, not invented raid/arrest details.
Reported case
www.hokkoku.co.jpJapaneseObserved 2024-10-25
Own Komatsu60male over200m highest-prefecture SNS Romance caption. No224m/method/identity fromNHK or research_statistics from one-case highest label.
Reported case
news.cnnb.com.cnChineseObserved 2024-10-25
Own retired-finance Li alias, sought marriage with false young-woman persona operated by young man, over8m RMB investment loss from previously sold-house proceeds. Lost proceeds not scam-caused displacement or clinical diagnosis; no actual nationality/real name.
Reported case
www.minyu-net.comJapaneseObserved 2024-10-25
Own Fukushima first trial, alleged remittance role/theft/computer fraud charges and defendant not-guilty claim. Plea/denial not conviction/acquittal/whole crime-denial; actual offender country not Philippines nationality.
Reported case
www.sohu.comChineseObserved 2024-10-25
Own XiaoshanLi50s widow/fakeofficerfamily future andolder-women investment targeting. Widowhood prior/one named subcase not all targets bereaved or childharm, fake officer not true military. Attributed police current-year increasing share retains imprecise period/source, not independent incidence.
Reported case
www.ndtv.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-25
Own Ghaziabad16,400 bill date invitation WhatsApp/kidnapping. Requested/invoice not verified paid loss, confinement not injury/sexualviolence, busted not invented particular arrests.
Reported case
zeenews.india.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-25
Own16K bill/false date andarrests AFTERraid TigerCafe/Ghaziabad. Raid explicitlyown, not4women count/16000versus16400 normalized; no paidbill/refund/sexualinjury/platform guessed.
Reported case
www.sankei.comJapaneseObserved 2024-10-24
Own Miyazaki60s female112.8mJPY Instagram purported Singapore male investment loss. Each own description independently read; nationality persona not Singapore operation, route unspecified/yearless24th not calendar.
Reported case
www.eldia.esSpanishObserved 2024-10-24
Own DilawarHussain prison entry for killing Morata siblings associated with reported amorous-scam victimization. Source association not clinical causality or all siblings verified financial targets. New prison attack not injury assigned to scam targets; no actual legal verdict/Jan24 year filled.
Reported case
www.elperiodicoextremadura.comSpanishObserved 2024-10-24
Own DilawarHussain prison entry for killing Morata siblings associated with reported amorous-scam victimization. Source association not clinical causality or all siblings verified financial targets. New prison attack not injury assigned to scam targets; no actual legal verdict/Jan24 year filled.
Reported case
newtalk.twChinese (traditional)Observed 2024-10-24
Own InteriorMinister directs stronger police and administrative matchmaking checks, JulySept false-dating investment rank4. Requested enforcement not completed raids/new enacted law or effective prevention; source-attributed quantitative rank retained.
Prevention & support
www.elperiodicodearagon.comSpanishObserved 2024-10-24
Own DilawarHussain prison entry for killing Morata siblings associated with reported amorous-scam victimization. Source association not clinical causality or all siblings verified financial targets. New prison attack not injury assigned to scam targets; no actual legal verdict/Jan24 year filled.
Reported case
www.shikoku-np.co.jpJapaneseObserved 2024-10-24
Own Miyazaki60s female112.8mJPY Instagram purported Singapore male investment loss. Each own description independently read; nationality persona not Singapore operation, route unspecified/yearless24th not calendar.
Reported case