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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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Chinese headline identifies an AI falseLeeJung-jae scam takingKRW500million; truncated paragraph describes a purported actor and a romance-fraud group targeting a woman in her fifties. Retain attributed impersonation/loss/AI/organization, not actor involvement, actual residence or details borrowed from fuller translations.
Reported caseA woman lostKRW500million in online romance fraud through LeeJungJae impersonation, AIphotos and fakeID, buildingtrust over sixmonths. Keep loss/persona/synthetic-media/document/contact/trust themes, not exact calendar dates, actualactor participation or residence copied from another report.
Reported caseKirstyBelmontfromNorthYorkshire says a dating-app conman tookGBP90,000and left her financially/emotionallydepleted; paragraph describes a purported charmingbusinessman and a dating-site approach. Keep attributed financial/distress/contact/place, not a verified falsejob/identity, clinical diagnosis or full date.
Reported caseSuspected female love-fraudster allegedly receivedEUR150,000after online contact and actual meetings, then demands for money. Keep allegation/loss/contact, not false identity, arrest or conviction absent in this version; in-person meetings do not disqualify romance fraud.
Reported caseMyanmar military raid headline reports2,000detentions and30Starlinkterminals seized; paragraph says scammers use romantic ploys online to gain confidence. Keep mixed source-associated enforcement/seizure and general trust/contact method; not2,000proved offenders, all forced participants or a verified same raid merely through counts. The headline explicitly names the military actor; hub location and name are not copied from other raid versions.
Related mentionOdate man in his forties reportedly lostJPY2.74million in crypto after affinity for an appcontact and investmentrecommendations. Keep attributedfinancial/crypto/contact/investment, not falseidentity or fullincidentdatefrom20th.
Reported caseSuspected female love-fraudster allegedly receivedEUR150,000after online contact and actual meetings, then demands for money. Keep allegation/loss/contact, not false identity, arrest or conviction absent in this version; in-person meetings do not disqualify romance fraud.
Reported caseSuspected female love-fraudster allegedly receivedEUR150,000after online contact and actual meetings, then demands for money. Keep allegation/loss/contact, not false identity, arrest or conviction absent in this version; in-person meetings do not disqualify romance fraud.
Reported caseSarah Kuttner warns about love scamming through a book about her mother’s online-fraud experience. Retain public warning/online context, not a specific loss, suicide or cause of death absent from this source.
CommentaryThe headline reports GBP106million romance loss last year while VarunYadav’s app-mediated loss of all life savings appears in the paragraph. Preserve aggregate and individual roles/unspecified individual amount, not a current-year incident date or two losses summed together.
Research & trendsA Gelsenkirchen woman reportedly lost several-thousand euros to online love fraud; police warn and give safety tips. Retain reported loss/contact/warning/place, not a precise amount, false persona or full event date.
Reported caseBerlin love-fraud coverage attributes EUR5.6million, many silent victims and fake identities gaining trust; title describes false online love promises. Retain aggregate financial/persona/relationship/contact and qualified shame/silence barrier, not independent prevalence, every victim’s help-seeking behavior or clinical loneliness as causal risk. Shame and many victims staying silent do not themselves identify refusal, delay or an explicit help-seeking barrier. Retain the discussion in the source, without assigning an institutional obstacle from silence alone.
Research & trendsA Gelsenkirchen woman reportedly lost several-thousand euros to online love fraud; police warn and give safety tips. Retain reported loss/contact/warning/place, not a precise amount, false persona or full event date.
Reported caseBerlin love-fraud coverage attributes EUR5.6million, many silent victims and fake identities gaining trust; title describes false online love promises. Retain aggregate financial/persona/relationship/contact and qualified shame/silence barrier, not independent prevalence, every victim’s help-seeking behavior or clinical loneliness as causal risk. Shame and many victims staying silent do not themselves identify refusal, delay or an explicit help-seeking barrier. Retain the discussion in the source, without assigning an institutional obstacle from silence alone.
Research & trendsOtsu police report a65-year-old temporary employee losing aboutJPY16.7million after SNS investment contact with female-named people; headline specifies96cash/crypto remittances. Retain financial/asset/contact/investment/repeated payment context, not false identity from names alone or a full year.
Reported caseBerlin love-fraud coverage attributes EUR5.6million, many silent victims and fake identities gaining trust; title describes false online love promises. Retain aggregate financial/persona/relationship/contact and qualified shame/silence barrier, not independent prevalence, every victim’s help-seeking behavior or clinical loneliness as causal risk. Shame and many victims staying silent do not themselves identify refusal, delay or an explicit help-seeking barrier. Retain the discussion in the source, without assigning an institutional obstacle from silence alone.
Research & trendsNiger State police arrested18-year-old VictorUgwu accused of posing as a woman on social media to defraud; retained paragraph truncates target/details. Keep arrest/alleged persona/platform, not conviction, completed loss amount or victim gender/location.
Reported caseA recruiter in Phnom Penh/Sihanoukville says online recruitment for phone and romance fraud continues despite crackdowns and alleges police are bought off. Park22’s death/autopsy/repatriation is background, not an explicit romance-caused homicide. Retain mixed network/online-recruitment and attributed alleged misconduct; no bribery verification, forced work or new arrest inferred.
Related mentionNiger State police report arresting18-year-old Victor Ugwu over an alleged female persona used to lure Facebook/TikTok contacts into romantic relationships and defraud a friend. Retain alleged impersonation, platform and arrest; no completed loss amount or convicted guilt. Name/place are source-bound recurrence leads, not automatic case identity.
Reported caseMary Chater’s Facebook contact and intense online relationship accompany a love-scam/claimedSomali-doctor/blood-oath headline. Retain reported individual online-romance account; no completed financial loss, false nationality/doctor credentials, explicit threats or causal psychological injury supplied in this sparse text. A blood oath alone is not proved force.
Reported caseYokote police commend two named Akita Bank staff for preventing a woman’s SNS-romance loss. Retain actual interception and practical institutional help, not already-paid loss, reward amount, proven national effectiveness or a new policy. Staff ages54/51are not victim ages. SNS communication is explicitly named in this own source, so retain its medium without borrowing a specific platform or transfer type.
Reported caseItalian source describes Swiss online sentimental fraud, soulmate seeking, false profiles and protection advice. Retain general online/impersonation/warning mechanisms, not every profile false, an individual loss, actual Switzerland operation location or measured prevention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportMary Chater’s Facebook/online love-scam account includes a headline saying love-bombing by a doctor and being forced into a blood oath. Retain attributed trust manipulation and qualified unspecified coercion from the stronger headline, plus her warning. No amount, actual threat method, proof doctor credentials were false, physical assault or financial payment is stated.
Reported caseEllwangen41-year-old reportedly receives four years for assisting love-fraud and money laundering through dating portals. Retain facilitation/sentence/online attribution, no conviction of every related participant, exact loss or date from an observed Saturday.
Reported caseInnsbruck56-year-old reportedly lost more thanEUR10,000after a social-media purported US female doctor feigned love. Retain money, false persona/bond and medium; the US is a persona claim, not actual operation site or victim nationality. No exact date, threat or court finding.
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