Woman rescued after being ‘scammed’ out of R1m by Facebook ‘lover’
Police reportedly rescued a woman after alleged romantic and ritual promises to double pension money. Rescue does not establish return of the reported R1m loss.
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你以为的投资理财其实是杀猪盘 民警苦劝4小时保住女子110万婚资_新闻频道_中华网
Hangzhou police reportedly persuaded a woman not to transfer wedding funds after dating-site investment promises. The stopped amount is not a completed loss.
Reported case"真爱"竟是"杀猪盘"，民警苦守一夜为受骗女子止损5万余元 - 三湘万象 - 湖南在线
Police reportedly prevented an additional loss of over 50,000 yuan after an online romantic contact promoted an internal investment opportunity. Prevented money is not completed loss.
Reported case專騙海外單身華僑！檢警調搗破詐騙基地 揭「高富帥、白富美」養成劇本 - 社會 - 自由時報電子報
Investigators describe four arrests and seizure of 65 phones at a Taichung dating-investment fraud operation. The scripts, targeting and division of labour are reported allegations; remand is not conviction. One account says the search occurred last October, which cannot be assigned a year from observation alone.
Reported case調查局破戀愛詐騙機房 虛假網紅照誘騙海外華僑上鉤 | 聯合新聞網
Investigators describe four arrests and seizure of 65 phones at a Taichung dating-investment fraud operation. The scripts, targeting and division of labour are reported allegations; remand is not conviction. One account says the search occurred last October, which cannot be assigned a year from observation alone.
Reported case假戀愛詐欺機房寫完美劇本 專騙單身華僑及中國人 | 台灣大紀元
Investigators report disrupting a dating-investment operation targeting single overseas Chinese people through dating apps. Targeting does not establish that all targets lost money.
Reported case專騙海外單身華僑！檢警調搗破詐騙基地 揭「高富帥、白富美」養成劇本 - 臺北市 - 自由時報電子報
Investigators describe four arrests and seizure of 65 phones at a Taichung dating-investment fraud operation. The scripts, targeting and division of labour are reported allegations; remand is not conviction. One account says the search occurred last October, which cannot be assigned a year from observation alone.
Reported case約3500万円相当の暗号資産を騙し取られる 会社員の50代男性が被害 SNS型ロマンス詐欺=静岡・藤枝市｜静岡新聞アットエス
A report describes a Fujieda man’s cryptocurrency loss of approximately ¥35m after an SNS investment approach. The March 19 reference is not assigned a year from observation time.
Reported caseUP govt teacher falls victim to ‘pig-butchering romance' scam, Rs 49 lakh siphoned via 'trading platform' | Lucknow News - The Times of India
A Lucknow government teacher reportedly lost ₹4.9m in a romantic investment approach. This remains one reported case, not a general estimate for teachers.
Reported case女子被母亲介绍的相亲对象骗走85万 落入"杀猪盘"陷阱_新闻频道_中华网
A Lanzhou woman reportedly lost more than 850,000 yuan through gold shipments and investment transfers after a match introduced by her mother. These are components of the total, not additional losses.
Reported case【速報】日本人女性かたる人物にLINEで投資誘われ、51歳会社員男性が3100万円詐欺被害
Moriyama police investigate a Yasu man’s ¥31m cryptocurrency loss after investment contact from someone claiming to be a Japanese woman. The persona’s nationality is unverified.
Reported case【速報】52歳男性がロマンス詐欺で650万円被害、外国人女性かたる人物に誘われ
Higashiomi police investigate a 52-year-old man’s ¥6.5m cryptocurrency loss involving a purported foreign woman. Her claimed background does not locate the offender.
Reported case女子网购超百克黄金藏进豆瓣酱寄出 警方："杀猪盘"骗局！_新闻频道_中华网
A Beijing woman bought gold for a site introduced by a supposed boyfriend. Police intercepted the parcel en route to Shenzhen. Purchase and attempted transfer do not establish loss of the recovered gold.
Reported caseＳＮＳで知り合った相手から投資勧められ…長崎県内の６０代男性、８９０万円被害
Matsuura police report a Nagasaki man’s ¥8.9m loss under a combined SNS investment/romance label. The brief relationship description does not isolate the romantic mechanism.
Reported case運將陷熱戀「越南女友很漂亮！」 律師一聽秒抖：快報警 | ETtoday生活新聞 | ETtoday新聞雲
A lawyer describes warning a taxi driver that a romantic relationship and joint investment may be fraudulent. Suspicion is not proof of a loss; the woman’s claimed Vietnamese background is not verified.
CommentaryDesarticulada en Barcelona una trama que combinaba estafas amorosas e inversiones inmobiliarias | Parte 1
A Guardia Civil spokesperson describes arrests connected to the Barcelona romantic/property-investment scheme. The excerpt gives no conviction or loss figure.
Reported caseDesarticulada en Barcelona una trama de estafas amorosas y falsas inversiones inmobiliarias | La Gaceta de Salamanca
Barcelona reports describe three arrests and alleged losses around €500,000 from romantic and false-property investment deception. These remain allegations.
Reported caseDesarticulada en Barcelona una trama de estafas amorosas y falsas inversiones inmobiliarias
Barcelona reports describe three arrests, approximately €760,000 moved and 500 transactions in a romantic/property-investment scheme. Moved funds are not necessarily net victim loss.
Reported caseDesarticulada en Barcelona una trama de estafas amorosas y falsas inversiones inmobiliarias
Barcelona reports describe three arrests, approximately €760,000 moved and 500 transactions in a romantic/property-investment scheme. Moved funds are not necessarily net victim loss.
Reported caseLa Guardia Civil desarticula una trama de estafas amorosas y falsas inversiones inmobiliarias y detiene a tres personas
Guardia Civil report three arrests in a romantic and false-property investment scheme after a woman described pressure from a man with whom she had a relationship. Arrests do not establish conviction.
Reported caseTres detinguts per combinar l'estafa amorosa amb inversions immobiliàries falses a Barcelona - 3CatInfo
A Barcelona report describes three arrests, 500 banking operations and half a million euros of alleged benefit. Transactions are not victims, and the benefit figure is not necessarily net victim loss.
Reported caseTres detenidos en Barcelona por una estafa amorosa con la que lograron 500.000 euros
Barcelona reports describe three arrests and alleged losses around €500,000 from romantic and false-property investment deception. These remain allegations.
Reported case"单身离异军官"爱上我？假的！富阳警方近期接到多起网恋投资诈骗警情
Fuyang police reportedly received multiple romantic investment complaints involving a supposed divorced military officer. No amount or completed enforcement outcome is given.
Reported case柬捣毁大型电诈园区 捕811外国人 包括1大马人｜附音频 | 中國報 China Press
Cambodian police report 811 foreign arrests in a compound with romantic commodity-investment approaches and an organ-purchase pretext. Arrests and equipment seizure concern the mixed operation; no actual organ trafficking or coerced participation is established.
Reported case「もうかるからあなたも始めたら」 佐賀市60代男性、ロマンス詐欺で4500万円被害 | 事件・事故 | 佐賀県のニュース | 佐賀新聞
Saga police report a man losing about ¥45m in cryptocurrency after romantic messages and claimed investment returns. Relative dates are not assigned a year from observation time.
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