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An account of 2025 Japanese police statistics distinguishes special fraud from combined SNS investment/romance losses. Neither total is romance-only and they should not be combined with individual reports.
Research & trendsGonohe police report a man in Aomori losing ¥273,000 in electronic-money vouchers. The short version supplies no completed investigation or recovery.
Reported caseHost Su Lan reportedly stopped listener Lin sending NT$1.8m to a supposed wartime nurse. The prevented payment is not a completed loss; the radio account remains attributed.
Reported caseCory Woodall reportedly received two years and an order to repay $30,000 after laundering part of a woman’s $60,000 loss. An order does not establish payment; the claimed retired general is an alleged persona.
Reported caseTaichung police reportedly used English to stop a Filipino-Chinese resident buying NT$200,000 in gift cards for a supposed inheritance. The nationality is not location, and the US inheritance is an unverified pretext.
Reported caseA Tochigi police interview recounts a 63-year-old man’s loss exceeding ¥30m after a matchmaking-app contact and a move to LINE. A claimed Japanese-Singaporean identity is not verified geography.
Reported caseA woman reportedly lost €10,000 to an impostor using Nico Santos’s identity. The actual singer is not identified as the offender.
Reported caseTochigi’s 2025 figures combine special fraud with SNS investment and romance fraud. The approximately ¥1.99bn total and growth are not romance-only.
Research & trendsAkita police report a man in his sixties losing about ¥8.5m through SNS romance fraud. The excerpt supplies no specific investment mechanism.
Reported caseA Uonuma man in his sixties reportedly complained of a ¥2.66m loss; Koide police investigate suspected SNS romance fraud. No conviction or recovery is established.
Reported caseAn account describes cross-border marriage and bride-price fraud affecting rural Chinese men and barriers to help. Its wider demographic-policy explanation is the source’s interpretation, not established causation.
Reported caseA Moroccan resident of Belgium reportedly transferred 180,000 dirhams to a supposed widow from Fez. The widow identity is a reported pretext; residence is explicitly Belgium.
Reported caseA woman describes suicidal thoughts after an alleged €156,000 romantic fraud. These are reported thoughts, not an attempt or death. Accusers seek up to six years; the suspect calls her claim spite, which is attributed rather than endorsed.
Reported caseA radio host reportedly prevented an older man sending NT$1.8m in an online romance scam. The money was intercepted, not lost and subsequently recovered.
Reported caseAn Oita headline reports a man in his sixties losing ¥9.38m through a cryptocurrency-investment romance scam. Generic site text supplies no further case detail.
Reported caseA woman reportedly paid €60,000 to someone impersonating Brad Pitt. Being stranded in Dortmund is part of the alleged persona’s story, not verified offender or victim location.
Reported caseA woman reportedly paid €60,000 to someone impersonating Brad Pitt. Being stranded in Dortmund is part of the alleged persona’s story, not verified offender or victim location.
Reported caseAn explanatory article discusses savings and retirement losses from online romantic deception. The excerpt supplies no population estimate or individual case.
CommentaryMisato police report a man’s ¥860,000 crypto loss after a romantic contact offered interest. No recovery or conviction is established.
Reported caseA Soltau man faces proceedings over allegedly forwarding about €95,000 from 16 love-scam victims to Ghana. Destination funds do not prove operation location, and a hearing is not conviction.
Reported caseA warning describes a false Nico Santos persona attempting to take a woman’s money. This version does not say a payment was completed.
Reported caseA woman discussed losing thousands on ITV This Morning and reflected on warning signs. This is a victim account, not a representative sample.
Reported caseA report describes a Yang-led group using AI-generated women, forged documents, emotional pretexts and cryptocurrency transfers, with 15 reported victims and over ¥1.71m lost. The incomplete procedural date is not filled in.
Reported caseAn Indonesian-language report gives a global deepfake loss figure covering investment and romance schemes. The figure is not a verified romance-only total.
Research & trendsA victim account describes having to sell a home, losing thousands and feeling heartbroken. Distress is not a clinical diagnosis, and the report supplies no precise loss.
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