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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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Noshiro woman70s reportedly lostJPY3.35million-equivalent crypto in police-classified SNS romance fraud. Longer source mentions Facebook and a proposed crypto investment, shorter does not. No source-relativeJuly inferred year, persona nationality or new arrest.
Reported caseNoshiro woman70s reportedly lostJPY3.35million-equivalent crypto in police-classified SNS romance fraud. Longer source mentions Facebook and a proposed crypto investment, shorter does not. No source-relativeJuly inferred year, persona nationality or new arrest.
Reported caseTaiwan two named gangs allegedly combined fabricated assistant intimacy through Facebook/Tantan then false investment, Tether and offshore wallets. Police report17arrests, at leastfive targets and over73millionNTD, plus seizures. These are distinct populations/financial scopes; seized cars/cash not necessarily recovered to victims. RelativeJune–February supplies no inferred calendar year. Preserve distinct actors, case populations, realized versus proposed funds, laundering roles, requested versus imposed terms and mixed crime totals. Source allegations/participant accounts are not original judgment findings.
Reported caseMatsusaka police excerpt reports male60s lostJPY9.7million in SNS-classified romance fraud; title describes gold-trading investment. No named persona, future/cumulative date year or arrest; preserve source attributed loss, investment and digital context.
Reported caseDaisenwoman40s reportedlylostJPY6.4million-equivalentcrypto toaffection-associatedfalseinvestment inpolice-classifiedSNSromance fraud. Own title/description supportloss/intimatelure/crypto; no actualreturnorcharge.
Reported caseYaitaman55 allegedlylostJPY17.41million afteraccountclaimingSingaporeanwomanintroducedcryptoinvestment; policeclassifySNSromance. Explicit2024December5firstmessagecanbecontactdate, notlossdate. Claimednationalitynotoperatorcountry; noactualcrypto-returnorcharge.
Reported caseTaoyuanHe51 fellforromanticendearment thenliquorinvestment; bank/police stopped proposed50000creditloan. Retainattemptedfundextraction/interception/trust/investment/digitalcontact, notactualdebt, syntheticvideo orsameYuchi65yearman. Infatuationidiomnotautomaticallystigmatizingblame.
Prevention & supportCombinedTaoyuanHe51wineinvestment50000loanintercept andYuchi65man150000threat report. Preserve two different romanticlure/interceptionaccounts, notcombinedloss ortitle15wanactuallyevaporated. Sourcebody saysloanstopped andpreventedharm, distinctfromseller35krealizedpayments.
Prevention & supportYuchi65yearman luredthroughFacebook/video/falseID andromantictrust towhiskyinvestment/multiplereturnclaims; proposedover150000stoppedatpostoffice. Retainattemptedloss/trust/falseidentity/investment/communication/interception, not independentlyprovedAIvideo, completedpayment or measuredpreventioneffect.
Prevention & supportXiaohau pseudonym accused of supplying3accounts,9other targets lost2.87million; he claims romance bait through marriage-fund investment and own530000payment. Separate sums/actor roles, no conviction or established innocence. Own530000payment is participant claim; other9targets2.87million not his own loss. Court keyword alone not a formal charge or guilty outcome.
Reported caseMacauwomansocialmediapotentialboyfriendpersuadedvirtualcurrencyinvestment, reportedlyHKD350000lost. Retain statedfinancial/investment/digitalintimacy/crypto context, no verifiedidentity, actual initialprofit return or perpetratorplace. LocalJurisdictionplace is not supplied by nationality. Cash/investment or borrowed funds have source-specific roles, no net-loss or recovery normalization.
Reported caseLecturer RM172170 loss is mixed cryptocurrency investment and love/parcel fraud; source33 headline rounds200000. Fuller85 explicitly says two separate syndicates within about a week, not one verified combined romance-investment incident. Combined loss not romance-only or three targets; source36 Kuala Terengganu location. Later exact lecturer description says TWO separate syndicates, one crypto/investment and one love/parcel; total172170 cannot all be assigned to romance or combined one scheme. Preserve source33 headline200000 rounding. AI-specific uncertainty is a technology subtype qualification, not a nonexistent separate code state.
Reported caseLecturer RM172170 loss is mixed cryptocurrency investment and love/parcel fraud; source33 headline rounds200000. Fuller85 explicitly says two separate syndicates within about a week, not one verified combined romance-investment incident. Combined loss not romance-only or three targets; source36 Kuala Terengganu location. Later exact lecturer description says TWO separate syndicates, one crypto/investment and one love/parcel; total172170 cannot all be assigned to romance or combined one scheme. Preserve source33 headline200000 rounding. AI-specific uncertainty is a technology subtype qualification, not a nonexistent separate code state.
Reported caseKaohsiung Nanzi65 woman false Fei Yu Ching romantic contact paid50000 for gold investment; bank/police stopped further100000. Paid and prevented sums distinct; actual celebrity not offender, no age-as-cause.
Prevention & supportChangde Dingcheng Chen woman reports false military/matchmaking investment scheme, online transfers and cash handovers totalling RMB289000. Meeting money couriers is not evidence she was a drug mule; year missing from late-May contact not guessed.
Reported caseYichun woman online-romance false officer investment lure; police exposed scam. Short source supplies intimacy/persona/trading trap but no actual transfer or amount, arrest or investment outcome.
Reported caseLongmont John Clark reported losing thousands in investment-turned-romance scam to Scripps. Name and broad amount alone not same as other John Clark, original jurisdiction/date/clinical outcome absent. Actual monetaryloss language is in description, no currency inferred from publication venue.
Reported caseOkinawa30swoman reportedlylostJPY11.6million infalseinvestment/romanticbuild-homepromise. Allegedhousingpretextnotactualhousingloss, planjointfuture notlegitimateinvestment. Sourceonlytitle/identicaldescriptionnoexactdates.
Reported caseKaohsiungNeiweipolice/postofficepreventmillionwithdrawallove-investmentfraud targetingLu71. Protectednotpaidmillion, elderlystatusnotcause; sourcebodytruncatedbeforepurpose/specificinvestmentproduct. Own withdrawal intent is requested ratherthanpaid cash; claimed bank/postoffice prevention protectedamount not actual loss.
Prevention & supportMinamiUonumapolice rearrest19Vietnamese-nationalTokyoresident forattemptedSNSromance fraud whileposingwoman/promotinginvestment. Attemptedarrestchargeclassification notcompletedtargetloss, conviction orVietnambasedoperation fromnationality.
Reported caseDonggangpoliceinterceptromanticonlinegirlfriendinvestmenttransfer; Guomanagriculturalassociationrequestedremittance truncatedbeforeamount. SourcebirthROC53notincidentdate/currentage, reporterPingtungnotautomaticallyvictimresidence.
Prevention & supportItami49womanInstagrampurportedhusband/affectioninvestments5590000JPYcrypto policecomplaint. Romance-investmentcontext, husbandpersona notgenuinemarriageverified; nooffendername orincidentdateyear.
Reported caseHokuyobankKinoBranch68manalcoholtradinginvestment advisedbyfalseJapanese womanSNSromancepretext;2280000JPYattemptblocked, priorinvestmentnearweeknotnecessarilypriorromancescam. Returned/defraudedfunds not protectedattempt, partial8th/yearunknown. 2280000 transfer threat notpaidloss; previousinvestment encounter notprovenpriorromanticvictimization.
Prevention & supportDonggangGuo61onlineaffectiondear-name trustandinvestment70000remittancerequest; agriculturalbank/policeconvincecancel. Protectednotpaidsum, noChineseoperatororclinicalcause; partialnameGuo nootherGuy sameidentitywithoutcontext.
Prevention & supportUtsunomiya32woman830000JPYcryptofraud/policeSNSromancelabel, familiaritythenpromisequickmillionprofit. Exactinvestmentfalse-relationshipcontext, noyearfromMarch/end/day17.
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