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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 | 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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MadouHuang’s proposedNTD1.95million, parentheticalMYR267,000, was stopped by police/bank after falseLINEaffection and investmentinstructions. Keep attemptedloss/interception/contact/trust/investment, not executedloss, a suicide, realfemaleidentity or a full date from23rd.
Reported caseFuqing police prevented360,000in an online-romance plus fake-investment scam where a purported successful caring finance expert built trust. Retain attempted loss, investment/contact/trust and interception; no completed loss, independently verified persona or full date.
Reported caseMadou Huang proposed withdrawing1.95million for investment after a LINE contact manufactured affection; clerk/police stopped it after he gave false family/wedding and renovation reasons. Keep attempted loss/interception/contact/investment/fabricated intimacy, not completed loss, renewed demands merely from his repeat withdrawal attempts, or physical harm from pre-existing mobility limitation.
Reported caseMadou Huang reportedly proposed1.95million for investment after romance fraud; a police officer’s oath persuaded him to abandon withdrawal. Keep attempted loss/interception/investment, not a death/suicide threat acted upon, completed loss or fullerLINE/persona detail absent here.
Reported caseMadou Huang reportedly proposed1.95million for investment after romance fraud; a police officer’s oath persuaded him to abandon withdrawal. Keep attempted loss/interception/investment, not a death/suicide threat acted upon, completed loss or fullerLINE/persona detail absent here.
Reported caseFullerKusatsu44-year-oldsourceaddsJune8Japanesemaleclaim,LINEintimacy,July8initial100,000banktransferanddisplayedfakeprofits. Keeploss/crypto/contact/investment/trust/repeateddemandthemesfromitsowntext,notfalseidentitysolelyfromclaimednationalityorcrimeyearinferredfrommonth/day. The fuller text supplies an initial100,000designated transfer then a fragment of a new deposit instruction. Continue-request interpretation is qualified; the unfinished instruction is not a known additional amount or executed payment.
Reported caseKusatsu44-year-old woman reportedly lost overJPY100million in crypto/other assets after SNS investment recommendations; fuller retained paragraph states inducing romantic feelings and initial apparent profits. Retain trust manipulation/contact/investment/financial assets, not a year, identified false persona or a crime date from22nd.
Reported caseKusatsu44-year-old woman reportedly lost overJPY100million in crypto and other assets following SNS investment contact, according to Kusatsu police. This shorter version lacks the fuller romance-feelings/fake-profit paragraph; do not borrow it or infer a year from22nd.
Reported caseAndrewPolsonconvictedofGBP188,000romancefraudpersuadedAnnKellytofundhomesforrefurbishing/selling/rentingprofit. Keepfinancial/propertyopportunity/conviction,not fabricated love byitself,actualimprisonmentorfullperioddatescopiedfromanotherreport.
Reported caseKusatsu police report a Shiga/Kusatsu44-year-old woman losing overJPY100million in crypto and other assets after an SNS contact recommended investment; headline identifies romance fraud. Retain investment/contact/financial assets, not an unproved false romantic persona or a year from the22nd.
Reported caseKusatsu44-year-old woman lostoverJPY100million in crypto/otherassets afterSNSinvestmentapproach; fullerparagraph specifies romancefeelings, displayedinitialprofits and requestsforlargerdeposits. Keep trust/contact/investment/repeateddemands/assets, no fakepersona or fullcrimeyearfrom22nd. Apparent initial profits followed by a large-deposit instruction do not explicitly establish repeated demands in this shorter paragraph. Preserve possible continued requests unresolved rather than borrowing the fuller first-deposit passage.
Reported caseKusatsu44-year-old woman reportedly lost overJPY100million in crypto/other assets after SNS investment recommendations; fuller retained paragraph states inducing romantic feelings and initial apparent profits. Retain trust manipulation/contact/investment/financial assets, not a year, identified false persona or a crime date from22nd.
Reported caseTottori man in his thirties reportedly lostJPY13,846,565after matching-app contact asking him to assist an online shop. Keep financial/contact and a broad unspecified financial-opportunity pretext, not a securities-trading subtype, fakefemaleidentity or crimeyear fromAugust.
Reported caseTottori thirties man reportedly lostaboutJPY13.85million in cash/electronicmoney in SNSromancefraud; headline describes funds for an Internetjob. Preserve rounding against13,846,565onlyinitsownsource, broad unspecifiedfinancial-opportunity/contact, not cryptoasset or fullAugust5year. The paragraph identifies a man within the prefecture in the same Tottori-police sentence; retain that contextual victim place mapping rather than infer it from the publisher.
Reported caseKusatsu44-year-old woman reportedly lost overJPY100million in crypto/other assets after SNS investment recommendations; fuller retained paragraph states inducing romantic feelings and initial apparent profits. Retain trust manipulation/contact/investment/financial assets, not a year, identified false persona or a crime date from22nd.
Reported caseKusatsu44-year-old woman lostoverJPY100million in crypto/otherassets afterSNSinvestmentapproach; fullerparagraph specifies romancefeelings, displayedinitialprofits and requestsforlargerdeposits. Keep trust/contact/investment/repeateddemands/assets, no fakepersona or fullcrimeyearfrom22nd. Apparent initial profits followed by a large-deposit instruction do not explicitly establish repeated demands in this shorter paragraph. Preserve possible continued requests unresolved rather than borrowing the fuller first-deposit passage.
Reported caseAndrewPolson53was convicted after duping loverAnnKelly72ofGBP188,000in a property scam betweenMay2021andMarch2022. Keep financial/property-investment/conviction and explicit source-month endpoints, not a new2025crime, clinical vulnerability from age or fabricated love not independently stated.
Reported caseOdate 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 caseOtsu 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 caseState officials warn around Sweetest Day onOctober18 about romance-investment scams often beginning online. Retain general warning/investment/online mechanism, not a completed case, precise year, specified state jurisdiction or proof prevention works.
Prevention & supportTakanezawa66-year-old man reported JPY5.6million loss after a dating-site claimed Japanese woman, SNS intimacy and an online-shop owner opportunity; Sakura police investigate as romance fraud. Retain online/platform, investment opportunity, loss/report/inquiry without promised return, exact year or false nationality from a mere claimed persona.
Reported caseBBB reminds Michigan readers about online friendship/romance contacts asking money or promoting cryptocurrency following a federal bust. Retain general preventive relationship/trust/investment/online context. The bust headline alone does not establish case identity, seizure sum, real victim transfer or independent prosecution facts; friends and romances remain differentiated.
Prevention & supportTaiwan prosecutors describe Liao36, Taiwan/US romantic fraud, stolen passports/bank accounts, small-profit bait, large repeated demands and US-national targets, yielding USD5,328,855/NTD170.52million attributed aggregate proceeds. Reported airport arrest,50million watch seizure and pending criminal charges remain allegations; bail denied and two-month custody extension fromOctober21 are not conviction or sentence. Passport-owner death by unrelated sedation is not romance-caused homicide. Nationality does not prove victim residence. Stolen passports for bank accounts are document fraud/account facilitation, not evidence of a romantic profile identity or online communication medium. Small initial investment profits are not an explicit future-return promise. False-friendship/sweet-word relationship interpretation remains qualified; custody extension is not a sentence and the passport owner’s unrelated death is not romance homicide. Translate the provisional document-fraud shorthand Oo to the existing codebook builder alias Doc with the same document_identity_fraud subtype. The strict alias preflight caught the shorthand before saving/building; original draft and failed helper are preserved, with no codebook change.
Reported caseIna police classify a50s man’s JPY4million crypto loss as SNS investment/romance fraud; partial source gives a purported female contact. Preserve explicit mixed police classification and financial/crypto/SNS/investment context, without asserting an individual romantic bond from the combined label, false persona or an incident year.
Related mentionBBB reminds Michigan readers about online friendship/romance contacts asking money or promoting cryptocurrency following a federal bust. Retain general preventive relationship/trust/investment/online context. The bust headline alone does not establish case identity, seizure sum, real victim transfer or independent prosecution facts; friends and romances remain differentiated.
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