OPP warn of romance and investment scams
OPP romanceandinvestmentwarning topiconly; adjacent labelsnotexplicit intimateinvestment mechanism.
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| 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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OPP romanceandinvestmentwarning topiconly; adjacent labelsnotexplicit intimateinvestment mechanism.
Prevention & supportAPpreventiveopening/dateline, no detailedcommunication method.
Prevention & supportMeta unsolicited-message warning across apps and texts. Every station title read; publisher geography and repetition do not establish cases or audience.
Prevention & supportMeta unsolicited-message warning across apps and texts. Every station title read; publisher geography and repetition do not establish cases or audience.
Prevention & supportAP dateline and social suitor preventive opening; no actual case/platform method.
Prevention & supportExperts romanceandotherValentinewarning/genericAI. Sophistication notparticularsyntheticformat or actualloss.
Prevention & supportUSPSgenericescalationtomailrequestsmoney/valuables, notactualpayment or repeatsafteranearlierloss.
Prevention & supportBeth Hyland26k false Indiana businessman, online meeting; persona Indiana does not locate actual operator or victim.
Reported caseSpanishUSPSwarningmailrequests, notactualpaymentorpropertyloss.
Prevention & supportBare Instagram prevention title; no detailed method.
Prevention & supportMeta unsolicited app/text message warning; no case occurrence.
Prevention & supportMeta French warning explicitly manipulated videos and synthetic voices; general methods, not a verified individual case.
Prevention & supportPublisherboilerplateandInstagramwarningtitleonly.
Prevention & supportSpanish prevention/reportingadvice, noactualvictimreport or moneyreturned.
Prevention & supportUSPS/USPIS warning, bothtitlesread, noactualcase.
Prevention & supportIbaraki2024 mixed SNS investment/romance28.14b provisional total; generic celebrity/investment/crypto evolution not all romance. Crypto name alone not transfer.
Research & trendsStation tagline and Instagram warning title only.
Prevention & supportMeta unsolicited-message warning across apps and texts. Every station title read; publisher geography and repetition do not establish cases or audience.
Prevention & supportMeta attractive/single/successful false-persona warning; platform title alone does not establish a communication episode.
Prevention & supportFukuokaJonanwoman150万円cryptotaken, foreignmanfuturepretext. Foreignpersona notcountryofactualoperator; genericfuture notexplicitinvestment.
Reported caseNI200000 loss/sharedordealwarning. Devastatingimpactdoesnotidentifyparticularmedical/materialoutcome.
Reported caseDigitalExtraromancewarning, no particularcase.
Prevention & supportPodcastredflags/howstop title; extort usedbroadlywithoutthreat, audio notheard.
Prevention & supportStation tagline with Instagram prevention headline.
Prevention & supportFrench Meta generative-AI love-fraud warning; unspecified format.
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