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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 | 264 | 591 | 44.7% |
| Feb 2025 | 554 | 1,629 | 34.0% |
| Mar 2025 | 141 | 561 | 25.1% |
| Apr 2025 | 116 | 390 | 29.7% |
| May 2025 | 193 | 398 | 48.5% |
| Jun 2025 | 53 | 209 | 25.4% |
| Jul 2025 | 151 | 522 | 28.9% |
| Aug 2025 | 129 | 447 | 28.9% |
| Sep 2025 | 164 | 613 | 26.8% |
| Oct 2025 | 201 | 483 | 41.6% |
| Nov 2025 | 164 | 392 | 41.8% |
| Dec 2025 | 124 | 333 | 37.2% |
| Jan 2026 | 67 | 530 | 12.6% |
| Feb 2026 | 224 | 1,106 | 20.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 90 | 360 | 25.0% |
| Apr 2026 | 145 | 491 | 29.5% |
| May 2026 | 200 | 785 | 25.5% |
| Jun 2026 | 121 | 842 | 14.4% |
| Jul 2026 | 191 | 1,143 | 16.7% |
| Aug 2026 | 224 | 640 | 35.0% |
| Sep 2026 | 139 | 638 | 21.8% |
| Oct 2026 | 6 | 30 | 20.0% |
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Shimotsuma police report a company executive in his seventies losing JPY 37.79 million after SNS contact with a supposed Japanese woman, investigated as romance fraud. Her claimed nationality does not locate operations and the 25th lacks a full year.
Reported caseRomanian police warn about AI deepfake videos/images in financial manipulation and romance scams. Retain mixed general warning/technology context, not actual losses, evaluated risk or platform culpability; jurisdiction is explicit agency identity rather than language alone.
Prevention & supportThe source attributes rising Korean relationship/marriage fraud and a police warning to AI deepfake video/audio concerns. These are reported broad trends/prevention, not independently evaluated risk, a confirmed synthetic technique in every case or proved causal growth.
Prevention & supportThe source attributes rising Korean relationship/marriage fraud and a police warning to AI deepfake video/audio concerns. These are reported broad trends/prevention, not independently evaluated risk, a confirmed synthetic technique in every case or proved causal growth.
Prevention & supportRomanian police warn about AI deepfake videos/images in financial manipulation and romance scams. Retain mixed general warning/technology context, not actual losses, evaluated risk or platform culpability; jurisdiction is explicit agency identity rather than language alone.
Prevention & supportRomanian police warn about AI deepfake videos/images in financial manipulation and romance scams. Retain mixed general warning/technology context, not actual losses, evaluated risk or platform culpability; jurisdiction is explicit agency identity rather than language alone.
Prevention & supportThe source attributes rising Korean relationship/marriage fraud and a police warning to AI deepfake video/audio concerns. These are reported broad trends/prevention, not independently evaluated risk, a confirmed synthetic technique in every case or proved causal growth.
Prevention & supportThe source attributes rising Korean relationship/marriage fraud and a police warning to AI deepfake video/audio concerns. These are reported broad trends/prevention, not independently evaluated risk, a confirmed synthetic technique in every case or proved causal growth. The headline says nine months/2,428 reports, whereas fuller related metadata gives February 2024 through July 2025. Preserve this discrepancy without resolving or borrowing the longer source’s dates.
Prevention & supportThe source reports an England woman losing more thanEUR10,000 over two years through an online relationship with a false TV-veterinarian persona. This is source-attributed repeated coverage, not measured incidence, proved performer involvement or a precise full event date.
Reported caseThe source attributes rising Korean relationship/marriage fraud and a police warning to AI deepfake video/audio concerns. These are reported broad trends/prevention, not independently evaluated risk, a confirmed synthetic technique in every case or proved causal growth. The exact February 2024 through July 2025 source period is retained at month precision; it is a complaint/reporting period, not individual offence dates.
Prevention & supportThe source attributes rising Korean relationship/marriage fraud and a police warning to AI deepfake video/audio concerns. These are reported broad trends/prevention, not independently evaluated risk, a confirmed synthetic technique in every case or proved causal growth.
Prevention & supportRomanian police warn about AI deepfake videos/images in financial manipulation and romance scams. Retain mixed general warning/technology context, not actual losses, evaluated risk or platform culpability; jurisdiction is explicit agency identity rather than language alone.
Prevention & supportThe source attributes rising Korean relationship/marriage fraud and a police warning to AI deepfake video/audio concerns. These are reported broad trends/prevention, not independently evaluated risk, a confirmed synthetic technique in every case or proved causal growth.
Prevention & supportNumata police commend a bank employee for preventing romance fraud after an elderly man mentioned property introduced by a fiancee. General definition describes induced affinity/affection; specific false identity, completed property loss or a real marriage are not established.
Reported caseSeoul patrol police reportedly prevented a man in his sixties from paying KRW 20million after a chat-app contact claiming to be female requested entry costs. Cheonho/Gangdong police intervention on the6th and report on23rd lack a full year; generic romance-fraud definition is not independent verification of the persona. Interception is not completed loss.
Reported caseTaoyuan prosecutors charge repeatoffenderJin after dating-app contact and fabricated borrowing reasons allegedly took TWD 420,000 fromtwo women who reported to police. January/April andpriorconvictions do not establish currentconviction/sentence or a fullydatednewepisode. Stigmatizing痴女headline language is reporterframing, not a validated victimtrait.
Reported caseTaichung43-year-old housewife reportedly fearedthreats tofamily after a socialcontact usedsweetwords anddemandedTWD36,000giftcards as a meetingguarantee. Police preventedfraud. Keep attributeddistress, explicitthreat andattemptedpayment; gangclaim is not provenorganizationlink.
Reported caseTaichung police stopped a housewife’s threatened TWD 36,000 gift-card purchase after an online contact gained trust and claimedBambooUnion affiliation, threatening her home/family. Source describes crying/fear and police interception. Gang affiliation is an asserted threat, not a verified criminal-network link; gift-card request is not completed loss.
Reported caseSinglemotherYang reportedly paidmorethanCNY400,000 in56transfers toboyfriendWang after onlinecontact/meeting; heused hospitalclothes afterafootinjury topretend needingECMO. Policecriminaldetention is statedintheheadline. Retain attributedloss, falsemedicalpretext andcontact, not actualsevereillness or assumedincidentyear.
Reported caseATurin romantic-fraud account describes a woman claimingEUR56,000 lent to a childhoodfriend now a courtdefendant after Facebookreconnection. A priorreal acquaintance is not afalseidentity; a claim/courtdefendant is not conviction, completedreimbursement or a separatelystatedtrialdate. The Italian imputato identifies a court defendant, not an explicitly described trial session. Retain a qualified charge/proceeding stage instead of a reported trial.
Reported caseAMassachusetts religious-studies professor is accused of takingmorethan78,000dollars from a woman inromancefraud beginning on aChristian datingwebsite. Keep allegedloss/digitalcontact; profession is not proofofinstitutionaloffence, arrest or falseidentity.
Reported caseFujioka police report a58-year-old employee losingJPY11.81million in the combinedSNS investment/romance fraud classification. Headline specifiesromance, paragraph broadcategory; retain mixedscope without inventing specificcourtship or investmentreturns.
Reported caseTakanesawa police-report context describes a57-year-old man losing crypto worthJPY1,779,000 in romance fraud after SNS contact with a purported Korean woman. Nationality is the persona’s claim, not perpetratorlocation or proofidentityfabrication; no eventyear inferred from20th. The retained paragraph stops at police without stating that the man filed a report. Remove the report-action code; police proximity alone is insufficient.
Reported caseNamedMassachusettsprofessorGregoryShaw isaccused bypolice oftakingmorethan80,000dollars fromaChristian-dating-site woman. Preserve80kversusrelated78kcoverage as source-specificamounts; allegation isnotconviction, arrest or a separatelyverifiedfalseidentity.
Reported caseGermanWELT description discusses anorganizedcrime proceeding involving allegedNigerianBlackAxe members inducingwomenonline tosend thousands. Specificdefendant/proceeding identity is absent; sharedgangname doesnot identifyanotherOldenburgcase. Headlinepeinlichquestion doesnot statewhomisblamed. Verfahren is a proceeding description without an explicit trial session or outcome. Retain unclear justice stage, not an invented court date or named defendant.
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