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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.
www.diariocordoba.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.hokkoku.co.jpJapaneseObserved 2024-10-24
Own Miyazaki60female over100m title/Instagram clipped description. No112.8m/SG persona/investment copied into sparse source.
Reported case
www.marketscreener.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-24
Own ABA podcast mixed crypto investment and confidence/Romance methods, FBI45%crypto-loss increase2023. Aggregate not allRomance, full podcast unheard, crypto-use not explicit transfer route for each romance case.
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webun.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
www.farodevigo.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.elperiodicomediterraneo.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.ettoday.netChinese (traditional)Observed 2024-10-24
Own TaoyuanWu41 never-met online husband20wan borrowing/attempted remittance cancelled after police/bank intervention. No actual paid loss/refund or operator country.
Reported case
www.saga-s.co.jpJapaneseObserved 2024-10-24
Own Saga50female vocal/manager personas, video/SNS,45electronicgiftcode purchases forcard/travel/lodging and information supplied. Source-based e-money channel unspecified tech, noAI/deepfake/forged formal card/actual housingloss.
Reported case
www.abc.com.pySpanishObserved 2024-10-23
Own Ireland studies catfishing criminalization evenwithout financial fraud. Proposed maximumfive years not enacted law/imposed sentence/individual financial incident; retain nonfinancial boundary.
Commentary
www.wogx.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-23
Own Seminole Sheriff source attributes2022 nearly20K/>700mRomance losses to FBI. Counts/period/attribution preserved, not independently verified unique victims or all locallySeminole; aggregate loss route unknown.
Research & trends
www.welt.deGermanObserved 2024-10-23
Own Dresdenwoman11KEUR false love promises/soldier impersonation. Own Weltcopy no US detail filled from MDR; route/case-name/calendar unknown.
Reported case
news.cnnb.com.cnChineseObserved 2024-10-23
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.tvguide.co.ukEnglishObserved 2024-10-23
Own nonfiction LordoftheLies episode1 exploringRomancefraud programme-description only, not watchedcase/countermeasure/amount/persona orbroadcast eventchronology.
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www.fox35orlando.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-23
Own Seminole Sheriff source attributes2022 nearly20K/>700mRomance losses to FBI. Counts/period/attribution preserved, not independently verified unique victims or all locallySeminole; aggregate loss route unknown.
Research & trends
www.cna.com.twChinese (traditional)Observed 2024-10-23
Own Pingtung Lan ordinary-investment target versus Lin online true-love courier claim. Claimed manipulation, not knowing guilt/innocence/forced work; referral under laundering law not formal prosecution/conviction. Lan losses not Lin romance target loss.
Reported case
www.lvz.deGermanObserved 2024-10-23
Own five-topic newsletter senior LoveScamming heading. No specific target/method/country from publisher, no money borrowed from Neukieritzsch article.
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www.yahoo.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-23
Own FTColder mixedfraud>1.9b lastyear andbanktransfers/cryptocurrency explicitlypayment-method losses rank. Aggregate crypto PAYMENTMETHOD use notallRomance/individual route orindependent incidence; lastyearnotURL normalized.
Research & trends
www.yahoo.comEnglishObserved 2024-10-23
Own FTC older mixedRomance/business-imposter billions-loss report, imprecise aggregate notallRomance or eachsource crypto-transfer. Own shortcaption lacks1.9b/year/payment-ranked figure fromlongcopy.
Research & trends
hznews.hangzhou.com.cnChineseObserved 2024-10-23
Own separate50female25wan pension shared-investment proposal and60female purported BritishAnderson scenarios, middle-aged/older targeting explicit. Requested/proposed funds not completed loss; no online short-drama scene borrowed as actual scam method.
Reported case
www.unsertirol24.comGermanObserved 2024-10-23
Own Internetfalse-love male thousandsEUR loss heading, Tirolpublisher descriptionnotcrimegeography/persona. Amount route unspecified, no case identity from rounded thousands.
Reported case
www.tvguide.co.ukEnglishObserved 2024-10-23
Own documentary LoveCheats FiremanScam episode2 Coleen/fianceJames description only. Actual finance mechanism/persona/amount/clinicalharm unknown, broadcastnot incident/legaldate and video unviewed.
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www.cna.com.twChinese (traditional)Observed 2024-10-23
Own Pingtung Lan ordinary-investment target versus Lin online true-love courier claim. Claimed manipulation, not knowing guilt/innocence/forced work; referral under laundering law not formal prosecution/conviction. Lan losses not Lin romance target loss.
Reported case
news.ltn.com.twChinese (traditional)Observed 2024-10-22
Own Toufen69Lien370wan house-purchase and100wan investment proposed remittances intercepted. Suspected Romance qualifier/partner refusal, not completed losses or actual housing loss. Police/bank support, no fake persona confirmed.
Reported case
www.lvz.deGermanObserved 2024-10-22
Own Neukieritzsch85female supposed suitor/personal relationship and abroad remittance. Route not physicalcash/operator nationality, overseas destination unspecified.
Reported case
economy.caijing.com.cnChineseObserved 2024-10-16–2024-10-22
Own general AI face-swap love-deception heading. Source-supported offensive synthetic-media concept, not particular offender incident, actual loss, deepfake effectiveness or watched body.
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