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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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Tsukuba male employee65 reportedly lostJPY61million cash to SNS contacts posing as Japanese women; police investigate romance fraud. Retain loss/persona/platform/investigation, not verified operator nationality, specific investment product, arrest or exact year from announcement day1.
Reported caseTitle reports police preservingNTD900,000 after Hu31's online romance/meeting request. Retain attempted financial and platform/interception claim, not actual paidloss, exact year from August26, an invented investment mechanism or a recovered payment.
Prevention & supportGerman general warning describes romance scams/extortion andAIchatbot capacity to deceive. Retain advice/technology andextortion topic with uncertain claim stage, not an actualcodedAIcase, a verifiednewcrimewave or financial totals.
Research & trendsMeinong police/postoffice reportedly intercept an older man's attempt to pay an international parcel for his online romantic partner. Retain attempted financial/persona-pretext/platform/interception; no money actually lost, package delivered, exact sum or measured intervention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportMeinong police/postoffice reportedly intercept an older man's attempt to pay an international parcel for his online romantic partner. Retain attempted financial/persona-pretext/platform/interception; no money actually lost, package delivered, exact sum or measured intervention effectiveness.
Prevention & supportPolice reportedly arrest30 in a fabricated high-quality-matchmaking-woman crypto-investment operation using educated women in video calls; computers/phones seized. Retain attributed false persona/platform/digital trust/investment/network/arrest/seizure, not proven true gender, coerced participants, financial total or money returned.
Reported caseRomanian fake-celebrity sentimental-fraud overview mentions dozens of targets and social/dating-platform connection. Retain attributed impersonation/platform topic, not actualnames, exactfinancialloss, independentlyconfirmedvictims or measuredincidence.
Research & trendsYurihonjo woman50s reportedlylostJPY12.56millioncrypto afterwife/asset-managementpretext. Retain financial/crypto/falseintimacy, notverifiedmarriage, specificinvestmentproduct, operatorcountryor actualrecovery.
Reported caseSource describes fabricated quality matchmaking women on dating apps inducing virtual-currency investment on a false platform; title30arrested. Retain false persona/platform/investment/network/arrest, not true gender of every participant, coerced workers, net target loss or independent convictions.
Reported caseLosAngelesSteveBurtonfalsepersonaromanceaccount reportsAIvideos,firepretext andbankruptcy. HeadlineUSD80kversusfamilyclaimover430kdiffers;retain source conflict,notnormalizeoraddfigures,actualactorculpabilityorforensicAIverification. Financial/housing consequencesneedseparateoriginal-sourcecomparison. Source actor and harm-stage distinctions retained: suspect escape injury is not suicidal intent or target injury; housing/bankruptcy/AI claims are attributed; falseidentity/coercion and trafficked-target accounts need selective deeper context without automatic guilt or clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseConsumeradvice explicitly describes falsenames/photos/careers, allegedworkingabroad anddigitaltrust inromancefraud. Keep warning/persona/platform/trust mechanisms, notrealindividualcase, forensicAIoractualvictimloss.
Prevention & supportNilai police report five foreign/African suspects in a social-media love-scam network with nearly/overRM1million; different variants supplyFacebook/from2023/two women. Retain own arrest/network/loss details, not allAfrica criminality, verified guilt or one victim's net loss. Suspect residence/nationality not a victim country. NearlyRM1million is a scheme amount in this truncated text, not independently verified net loss for each target.
Reported caseNamed AbigailRuvalcaba66 reportedlylosthome/lifesavingsinromancefraudviaFacebookpersonposingasSteveBurton withclaimedAIdeepfake. Retainattributedfinancial/housing/persona/AI/platform; noactualactorculpability, independentforensics, exactyearfromoverayear orclinicalharm. Seriousmaterialharmneedsdeeperoriginalsourcecomparison. Source actor and harm-stage distinctions retained: suspect escape injury is not suicidal intent or target injury; housing/bankruptcy/AI claims are attributed; falseidentity/coercion and trafficked-target accounts need selective deeper context without automatic guilt or clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseKorean-language Fairfax police warning describes romantic attention, compliments, months of digital trust and medical/investment requests. It expressly gives no specific current cases/count. Retain general advice/mechanisms, not measured prevalence, target diagnosis, actual current loss or protective effectiveness.
Prevention & supportGerman general warning discusses AI-chatbot deception, romance scams and extortion. Retain warning/technical topic, not forensic verification, actual new crimewave or completed target loss.
Prevention & supportTsu woman50s reportedly lostJPY16.1million-equivalent crypto to anSNS contact claiming Korean male identity; police investigate fraud. Keep sourcefinancial/crypto/persona/platform/investigation, not verifiedKoreanoperatorlocation or exact year from announcement27.
Reported caseUshiku male employee47 reportedly lostJPY24.4million-equivalent crypto to SNS contacts claiming to be Japanese women. Police investigate romance fraud. Retain each own loss/persona/platform/crypto/investigation; nationality of a claimed persona not verified operator country, no actual returns/repayment or calendar year from announcement27.
Reported caseUshiku male employee47 reportedly lostJPY24.4million-equivalent crypto to SNS contacts claiming to be Japanese women. Police investigate romance fraud. Retain each own loss/persona/platform/crypto/investigation; nationality of a claimed persona not verified operator country, no actual returns/repayment or calendar year from announcement27.
Reported caseRetired Liu68 in Fengyuan met a woman through social media/Telegram and bought overNTD20,000stored-value cards for a paid high-quality dating club. Clerk/police intervened. Purchase is not proof the cards were delivered to scammers or money irretrievably lost. Keep attempted financial/platform/interception, no missing investment or sexual-coercion mechanism. Stored-value card purchase and intercepted scam delivery are different financial stages. Do not record all purchasedcards as a completed fraud loss or money returned.
Prevention & supportRetired Liu68 in Fengyuan met a woman through social media/Telegram and bought overNTD20,000stored-value cards for a paid high-quality dating club. Clerk/police intervened. Purchase is not proof the cards were delivered to scammers or money irretrievably lost. Keep attempted financial/platform/interception, no missing investment or sexual-coercion mechanism. Stored-value card purchase and intercepted scam delivery are different financial stages. Do not record all purchasedcards as a completed fraud loss or money returned.
Prevention & supportRetired Liu68 in Fengyuan met a woman through social media/Telegram and bought overNTD20,000stored-value cards for a paid high-quality dating club. Clerk/police intervened. Purchase is not proof the cards were delivered to scammers or money irretrievably lost. Keep attempted financial/platform/interception, no missing investment or sexual-coercion mechanism. Stored-value card purchase and intercepted scam delivery are different financial stages. Do not record all purchasedcards as a completed fraud loss or money returned.
Prevention & supportHindi account names RosmiMes fromAssam and AhmadRaza allegedlyposingasRahul, luringherthroughromanticinternetcontact thenpressuringher toremainwithhim. Retain attributedfalseidentity/digitalcontact/confinement, notreligiousgroupguilt, independentlyverifiedcoercion, forcedpregnancy/sexualassaultorclinicalinjury frommotherhood. Seriousharmneedsoriginalreporter/officialcontextreview. Source actor and harm-stage distinctions retained: suspect escape injury is not suicidal intent or target injury; housing/bankruptcy/AI claims are attributed; falseidentity/coercion and trafficked-target accounts need selective deeper context without automatic guilt or clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseLuxembourg RTL report describes fraudulent internet romances affecting older and internet-familiar young people through social media. Keep source-attributed general prevention/platform topic; claimed growth is not independently measured incidence, new named case or allages inherentlyvulnerable.
Prevention & supportAomori man40s developedaffectionforMiyamaChinatsu throughvideoapp/LINE, thenherclaimed sisterMatsushimaAki offeredantiquecoin purchase/auction mediation. Title10万円loss differsfrom31万円fee demanded; preservefinancial/platform/trust/investment pitch, notactualsisteridentity, verifiedBeijingoperatorlocation orJPY310,000loss.
Reported caseCoesfeld woman72 reportedly deceived onWhatsApp by someone claiming DubaiPrinceidentity;policeconversationuncoveredlovescam. Keep persona/platform/discovery, not genuineprinceculpability,Dubaiactualoperatorbase, specifiedpaidlossorarrest.
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