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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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Iwakuni police report a maleemployee in hisforties losingJPY6,624,000 inSNS romancefraud. The generaldefinition describes inducedaffinity, not a separatelyverifiedfalsespecificrelationship;19thdoesnot supply ayear.
Reported caseItalian guidance offers recognizing falseprofiles onTinder/Badoo andpracticaldefence fromromancefraud withunspecified2023data. This is generalprevention, not evaluatedbenefit, individualvictimloss or anincidentdate.
Prevention & supportThe Chinese source reports aUS elderly woman losing USD 300,000 and divorcing, in wider romance/cryptoATM-fraud and regulatory context. Cash deposits into machines and online trust-building are explicit; retain individual harm alongside general trend claims without verified national growth, causal divorce findings or legislation actually passed.
Reported caseTsukuba police report a60-year-old male employee losing JPY 15.9million after SNS contact with persons claiming to be a female business owner, classified as romance fraud. Police investigation is stated; claimed employment/gender does not prove a false identity or locate real operations. The19th lacks a year.
Reported caseGuanshan/Taitung police report stopping an online-beauty/dating deception involving58-year-oldChen after post-office notification. A preventedromance trap is reported; the excerpt does not specify intendedamount, actual payment step or a provedfalseidentity.19th has noyear. Online contact is explicit in the paragraph; cite that field rather than interpreting the headline’s general dating word as digital contact.
Reported caseAichi police reportedly arrested a37-year-oldNagoya woman for money taken from a dating-site man using a hospital/illness pretext. Headline suggests about20victims/JPY 4.4million with uncertainty; preserve that alleged aggregate, not20provedcases or actual illness. Suspectresidence is not operation geography.
Reported caseIndonesian explanation describes lovescammers inducing virtualcloseness and payments oftens-of-millions rupiah withoutmeeting. Generalmechanismclaims are not verifiedindividualcase counts, measuredrisk or a fixedaggregate loss.
Research & trendsPoliceofficial describes anactualcouple formedlastAugust and allegedAbraham asking girlfriend tocommit lovescamming. Headline attributes assault/anger after refusal; retain harm/recruitmentcontext, not a falsecourtship mechanism or involvementactuallyundertaken. RelativeAugust is not assignedanincidentyear.
Reported caseSimonLeviev saysheintends legalactionagainstNetflix overitsdocumentary; description attributes allegedmillions takenfromwomen onadatingapp. Intention is not verifiedfiling/trial outcome, newvictimization or anactualassetreturn.
Related mentionFour German metadata variants report SwissTinder deception and more than500million in pig-butchering losses since2022, alongside far-rightcrypto-anonymitycontext. Retain mixedscam/aggregateclaims, not romance-onlytotals, independentvictimcounts or confirmed extremistlink to eachvictim. CurrencyISO and preciseperiodend absent.
Research & trendsNamedSimonLeviev reportedly arrested again abroad afterInterpolnotice, attributed tohisattorney/officials; source says previousconviction for dating-appfraud. Currentarrest location/reason/year and caseidentity are not supplied; do not treatpastconviction as a newone.
Reported caseHigashiomi police report a61-year-old male executive losingJPY9.9million after a dating-app contact’s dollar-exchange profit promise, investigated as romance fraud. Conversion/investment pretext is explicit; the18th lacks a full year and no false identity is established.
Reported caseFour German metadata variants report SwissTinder deception and more than500million in pig-butchering losses since2022, alongside far-rightcrypto-anonymitycontext. Retain mixedscam/aggregateclaims, not romance-onlytotals, independentvictimcounts or confirmed extremistlink to eachvictim. CurrencyISO and preciseperiodend absent.
Research & trendsFour German metadata variants report SwissTinder deception and more than500million in pig-butchering losses since2022, alongside far-rightcrypto-anonymitycontext. Retain mixedscam/aggregateclaims, not romance-onlytotals, independentvictimcounts or confirmed extremistlink to eachvictim. CurrencyISO and preciseperiodend absent.
Research & trendsFour German metadata variants report SwissTinder deception and more than500million in pig-butchering losses since2022, alongside far-rightcrypto-anonymitycontext. Retain mixedscam/aggregateclaims, not romance-onlytotals, independentvictimcounts or confirmed extremistlink to eachvictim. CurrencyISO and preciseperiodend absent.
Research & trendsABelgian woman in herseventies reportedly sentEUR7,000 to afalsePierreGarnier onFacebook and cut familyties believing inlove. The performer is impersonated, not theperpetrator; relationalharm is source-attributed, not causalpsychologicalverification.
Reported caseMarcelQ reportedly transferred repeatedamounts to hisgamingfriendMandyP and accumulatedEUR120,000debt; they met incourt. Debt is explicithere, not necessarily anadditional120kloss; courtmeeting alone doesnot establish conviction or sentence.
Reported caseMarcelQ reportedly lostEUR120,000 through repeatedpayments toMandyP after online-game romance; the account says ajudgment hasbeen issued. A judgment is not explicitlyquoted conviction/sentence; repeatedrequests and exacttechniques/incidentdates remainunknown.
Reported caseA woman says she believed anInstagram contact wasJohnnyDepp and lostthousands ofpounds. Retain attributedimpersonation/loss/contact, not offenderidentity, country or anactualcelebrityrelationship.
Reported caseGermancelebrity article describes AI/deepfakes used inlove scams, fakeprizes and otherfraud. Preserve mixedtechnology/impersonation context, not actualvictimloss or measuredrankings for everycelebrity.
Research & trendsTwo LTN variants describe Taichung womanLi’s six-month online contact, Line/video calls, husband/wife language and proposedTWD2.5million deposit termination stopped by five bank/police staff. HongKong is the contact’s claimed residence, not verified offender operations; no completed loss or actual marriage inferred. Relationship trust manipulation is explicitly retained; do not simultaneously mark that parent code insufficient. This does not establish a false identity or an actual marriage.
Reported caseNamed Ángel Ariel Pedernera agreed to return money after a Tinder romance-fraud accusation; the description says the victim transferred more than 6.5 million with a dollar sign during a yearlong virtual relationship. The currency ISO is unstated. An agreement and case closure do not establish money received, a guilty plea or a conviction.
Reported casePolice and a bank adviser reportedly prevented a money handover involving a 71-year-old man from Waiblingen in online love fraud. The passage does not name the police jurisdiction. No completed loss, payment amount, full date or false persona is supplied.
Reported caseGerman source namesScottCole and stolenphotos used ondatingplatforms for15years. Title says this makes thetrainer’slifehell, but nonspecificidiom isnot aclinicaldiagnosis or actualmoneyloss tohim. Realimageowner isnot anoffender.
Related mentionTwo LTN variants describe Taichung womanLi’s six-month online contact, Line/video calls, husband/wife language and proposedTWD2.5million deposit termination stopped by five bank/police staff. HongKong is the contact’s claimed residence, not verified offender operations; no completed loss or actual marriage inferred. Relationship trust manipulation is explicitly retained; do not simultaneously mark that parent code insufficient. This does not establish a false identity or an actual marriage.
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