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| Observation month | Matching URLs | All included URLs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 43 | 591 | 7.3% |
| Feb 2025 | 48 | 1,629 | 2.9% |
| Mar 2025 | 35 | 561 | 6.2% |
| Apr 2025 | 30 | 390 | 7.7% |
| May 2025 | 36 | 398 | 9.0% |
| Jun 2025 | 6 | 209 | 2.9% |
| Jul 2025 | 42 | 522 | 8.0% |
| Aug 2025 | 21 | 447 | 4.7% |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 613 | 4.1% |
| Oct 2025 | 53 | 483 | 11.0% |
| Nov 2025 | 48 | 392 | 12.2% |
| Dec 2025 | 35 | 333 | 10.5% |
| Jan 2026 | 30 | 530 | 5.7% |
| Feb 2026 | 56 | 1,106 | 5.1% |
| Mar 2026 | 30 | 360 | 8.3% |
| Apr 2026 | 32 | 491 | 6.5% |
| May 2026 | 414 | 785 | 52.7% |
| Jun 2026 | 410 | 842 | 48.7% |
| Jul 2026 | 528 | 1,143 | 46.2% |
| Aug 2026 | 287 | 640 | 44.8% |
| Sep 2026 | 34 | 638 | 5.3% |
| Oct 2026 | 2 | 30 | 6.7% |
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Takanesawa46-year-old woman reportsJPY13.21million cash loss afterSNS investmentoffers; Sakura police investigateSNS romancefraud. Specificcourtship, returns andfull dates remainunknown.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed man in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from an account claiming to be female, classified as romance fraud. Reported components are not all cash; gender alone does not verify a false identity.13th lacks a full year.
Reported caseOsaka police report a self-employed male in his sixties losing gold bullion/other assets worth aboutJPY440million after SNS investment approaches from a purported woman. Fuller variants describe never meeting and police suspecting exploitation of affection; sparse variants do not borrow those details. HongKong is a claimed persona residence, not real offender operations; relativeJuly/13th do not supply a year. This individual paragraph explicitly says police suspect exploitation of romantic feelings and are investigating. Retain alleged trust manipulation here; shorter variants do not borrow it.
Reported caseOsaka60sman gold/otherassets440million report explicitly says police suspect exploit ofromanticfeelings, withemail/phone contact and aclaimedHongKong female persona. Keep reportedassets/investment/contact distinct from verifiedidentity or realHongKong operations;July/13thgive noyear. This individual paragraph explicitly says police suspect exploitation of romantic feelings and are investigating. Retain alleged trust manipulation here; shorter variants do not borrow it.
Reported caseGunma police establish a unit addressing combinedSNS investment/romance fraud; headline says losses exceedJPY900million and paragraph contrasts anotherfraud category’s341million. Keep categories and totals separate; a newunit is not legislation passed or an evaluated intervention.
Research & trendsOta police describe a57-year-old employee losingJPY7.3million cash/e-money in thecombinedSNS investment/romance category after a guaranteed-profit solicitation. Keep mixed scope without inventing courtship or an actualcrypto transfer.
Reported caseNorthWestHawks seek aUgandan man accused ofR800,000romance fraud against hisgirlfriend usingR15million-return/blessingritual promises. Ontherun since2022 is anattributedstatusperiod, not crimeyear or actualarrest; returnpromise isnot actualprofit.
Reported caseOdatepolice report a man inhisforties losingJPY9.5million inSNS romancefraud; headline refers toaffection, investment and a ring-makingproposal. No completedmarriage or fullincidentdate from10th supplied.
Reported caseAshikaga62-year-old woman reportscrypto loss worthJPY25.81million after a foreignmalecontact expressingaffection encouragedinvestment. Police investigateSNS romancefraud. Foreignnationality isnot a countryrole;10th lacks a full date.
Reported caseTaichung bank/police prevention is explicitly described as affection/dating investment fraud; headline says2.5million blocked. The paragraph is truncated after an October29 notice. No actual loss, full year, individual identity or specific partner persona is inferred.
Reported caseTomioka police report a46-year-old employee losing JPY2,177,366 in the combined SNS investment/romance category, with an online-shop increased-income pretext in the headline. No specific partner identity, actual relationship or guaranteed return is supplied. The pretext is operating an online shop, not explicitly securities trading. Keep the broad financial-opportunity theme with unspecified subtype rather than invent trading mechanics.
Reported caseAwara police investigate a sixties man’s app-contact online-shop scheme, describing trust-building romance fraud and crypto taken worth JPY16.5 million. The shop-running pretext is retained without promised returns, false persona or a full year for November7. The pretext is operating an online shop, not explicitly securities trading. Keep the broad financial-opportunity theme with unspecified subtype rather than invent trading mechanics.
Reported caseKagoshima police report a woman in her seventies losing about JPY28 million after SNS contact. The headline describes Facebook/LINE, an overseas-living plan, investment and a further JPY10 million withdrawal fee. Loss and requested fee are different; the warning is not evaluated prevention. May/4th lack a year and the purported Ito identity is not proved false.
Reported caseKagoshima police report a woman in her seventies losing about JPY28 million after SNS contact. The headline describes Facebook/LINE, an overseas-living plan, investment and a further JPY10 million withdrawal fee. Loss and requested fee are different; the warning is not evaluated prevention. May/4th lack a year and the purported Ito identity is not proved false.
Reported caseKagoshima police report a woman in her seventies losing about JPY28 million after SNS contact. The headline describes Facebook/LINE, an overseas-living plan, investment and a further JPY10 million withdrawal fee. Loss and requested fee are different; the warning is not evaluated prevention. May/4th lack a year and the purported Ito identity is not proved false.
Reported caseShorter Kagoshima coverage reports a seventies woman’s SNS romance-fraud loss of about JPY28 million and the police warning. The headline adds Facebook/LINE, an overseas-living investment plan and a JPY10 million withdrawal fee. Retain only this variant’s details; no full date or verified persona supplied.
Reported caseA California widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after a wrong-number text, fake romance and an investment approach. Retain attributed financial/relationship/platform and prior widower status, not an independently verified amount, causal vulnerability or actual crypto transfer from the crypto-scam label.
Reported caseA California widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after a wrong-number text, fake romance and an investment approach. Retain attributed financial/relationship/platform and prior widower status, not an independently verified amount, causal vulnerability or actual crypto transfer from the crypto-scam label.
Reported caseTaipei42-year-oldHuang was induced through Facebook/LINE photos, claimed divorce, caring/flirting and false love to invest in antiques; bank/police stopped one-million cash withdrawal. Retain attempted loss, trust manipulation/platform/investment and prevention, not completed loss, verified female identity or an actual divorce.
Reported caseBay Area/Brentwood widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after an unknown-person text and fake-romance investment scam. Title variants preserve1M/one million wording; no financial transfer asset, exact date, clinical distress or causal effect of bereavement inferred.
Reported caseBay Area/Brentwood widower reportedly lost one million with a dollar sign after an unknown-person text and fake-romance investment scam. Title variants preserve1M/one million wording; no financial transfer asset, exact date, clinical distress or causal effect of bereavement inferred.
Reported caseA local middle-agedwoman reports more thanHKD1.45million lost in suspected romance fraud after social contact with a purported mainlandChinese national living inSingapore, development of romance and an investment approach. Local and JudiciaryPolice/PJ do not themselves provide an explicit countryrole. Persona nationality/residence are not real operations; August lacks a year.
Reported caseThe explicitly romance-pig-butchering account describes social/dating contact, intimacy-building, fake-return investment platforms and disappearance when targets invest/withdraw. General mechanism claims are not individual losses, measured SouthKorean growth, verified offender identity or guaranteed-return promises.
Research & trendsOta44-year-old female employee reportedly lost crypto worth JPY8.59million in the combined SNS investment/romance category following investment offers. Retain mixed asset/contact context, not actual courtship or a full date from an undated paragraph.
Reported caseNumata64-year-old employee reportedly lost JPY24,472,240in combined SNS investment/romance fraud following investment offers. Retain mixed scheme/financial/contact; general category label does not specify a romantic relationship.21st lacks a full year.
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