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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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Hitachi72 male lost32910000JPY cash to claimed individual investors met on SNS; police expressly investigate romance scam. Relative2nd not complete event date; no crypto transfer or offender country inferred.
Reported caseYame SNS romance-investment victim sent cash multiple times after dollar investment offer. Completed transfers source-attributed; no supplied amount, actual USD payment currency, calendar day/year or crypto transfer inferred.
Reported caseDOJ romance-bait crypto seizure8.2million plus woman660000 life-savings loss and additional300000 demand. Aggregate custody, single loss and subsequent request distinct; no funds returned to victims or all payments crypto.
Reported caseNoida businessman seeks love online, woman lures him to trading-app investment and6.5crore loss. Occupation not employer-fund theft, paid loss not amount returned or clinical diagnosis.
Reported caseSaga50male200000JPY-equivalent cryptocurrency romance-investment loss, claimedofferincreaseincome. Source romance designation retained; no realJapaneseoperator, investmentprofit actuallyrealized or exactdatefromrelative28th.
Reported caseYamanashiHokuto40female likesgentlemanclaimTaiwan gymowner, crypto11320000JPY(~2500000NTDconversion) lost. Currencyconversion notsecondloss; Taiwanpersona notoperatororigin, titleemotionalcollapse sourceattributed distressnotclinical.
Reported caseKaohsiungXu70Facebooklover fakefuturesprofits240000USD/~7920000NTD, demanded50000USD/1650000NTDdeposit intercepted. Allthreeattempts intwoyears reportedlyprevented;notthreecompletedlosses. Samecurrencyconversion notsecondamount. Repeatedtargeting/interceptedattempts notprovedsameoperatorcontinuedrequest; existingunspecifiedrepeat subtypepreservesuncertainty.
Reported caseTamilpolicewarninginvestmentfraudthroughmarriagematchmakingwebsites. Generallinkedintimateplatformfinancialbait, notidentifiedvictimcase/conviction orallusersintentionaloffenders.
Prevention & supportKaohsiungXu70Facebooklover fakefuturesprofits240000USD/~7920000NTD, demanded50000USD/1650000NTDdeposit intercepted. Allthreeattempts intwoyears reportedlyprevented;notthreecompletedlosses. Samecurrencyconversion notsecondamount. Repeatedtargeting/interceptedattempts notprovedsameoperatorcontinuedrequest; existingunspecifiedrepeat subtypepreservesuncertainty.
Reported caseKushiro30suspect romance-love messages to30female thenfalsepropertyinvestment370000cash/e-money. Arrested on suspicion, previousdifferent Miearrest not samecharge/conviction. Relative lastMayJune yearunknown; exactmixedpaymentmode notallcrypto. 370000cash/e-money allegationretained, notadjudicatedactualnetloss.
Reported caseDebiex federalArizona civildefaultjudgment/recoveryorder nearly2.3m forRomanceplatformfraud. Over2m customersmisappropriation versusorderednearly2.3m distinct; issuedorder notactualvictimrefund. No criminalguilt/conviction fromcivil liability. Current source-specific layer: All24 codes assessed. Civil default judgment/market ban and issued restitution/return orders are source-agency claims, not inspected court documents, actual victim payments, criminal conviction or imprisonment. Existing justice subtypes do not establish a criminal outcome or personal appearance; insufficient applicable subtype remains explicit instead of inventing one.221466 penalty, over2.2m restitution and roughly120000 wallet funds retain distinct scopes and are not added as one victim loss. Fabricated friendship OR romance/fake trading and role division are mixed-scheme claims. Wallet holdings alone do not establish every target crypto-transfer route, coercion or financial innocence. Chinese nationality uncertain and not an operation/target country proxy. Jan17,2024 complaint is literal, March order year not filled from dateline. No serious/clinical/family/material harm, extortion, formal forged identity, implemented trading shutdown or measured prevention inferred.
Reported caseSaga60male8510000cashRomanceinvestmentloss, promisedprincipal/rewardreturn anddating-subsidypretext. Quotedreturnpromise notmoneyactuallyrecovered,20thnoexactyear.
Reported caseTaipei70XuTether/fakeplatform/depletedownfunds/propertybrokercollusion47000000Romancelossheadline. Brokeragepropertypressure notactualhouseconfiscation ormentaldiagnosis;financial/launderingtotalsretainboundaries.
Reported caseTaipeiXu74romancecrypto platform/Tether withcounterfeitsmallreturns, brokers/mules/undergroundpropertycollateral loanpressure. Over50mfraudlaunderingaggregate notallvictimnetloss; housemortgageproposal nothouse stolen/homelessness oractualdebtconfirmed. Currentpoliceprobe notconviction.
Reported caseTaipeiXu74romancecrypto platform/Tether withcounterfeitsmallreturns, brokers/mules/undergroundpropertycollateral loanpressure. Over50mfraudlaunderingaggregate notallvictimnetloss; housemortgageproposal nothouse stolen/homelessness oractualdebtconfirmed. Currentpoliceprobe notconviction.
Reported caseDonggangpolice preventonline-romance investmenttransfer, sparseHongfemaleageclipped. Preventedpayment notcompletedloss; noactualamount/precisedate inferred.
Reported caseBeppu30male1630000Romanceinvestmentloss screenshotrewardoffer. Sourcetypecanincludetaskmodel;noownlove-message/year/operatoridentity ormoneyreturned. Typoバップ史 notinventedothercity.
Reported caseKagoshima60male77000000JPY SNS romance/gold-investment loss, early apparentprofits notverifiedearnings/netloss adjustment. Fourphoto/protocol paths notfour victims; noexactyearfrom17th.
Reported caseKagoshima60male77000000JPY SNS romance/gold-investment loss, early apparentprofits notverifiedearnings/netloss adjustment. Fourphoto/protocol paths notfour victims; noexactyearfrom17th.
Reported caseKagoshima60male77000000JPY SNS romance/gold-investment loss, early apparentprofits notverifiedearnings/netloss adjustment. Fourphoto/protocol paths notfour victims; noexactyearfrom17th.
Reported caseKagoshima60male77000000JPY SNS romance/gold-investment loss, early apparentprofits notverifiedearnings/netloss adjustment. Fourphoto/protocol paths notfour victims; noexactyearfrom17th.
Reported caseEastern Shimane50 male12190000 six bank transfers, LINE claimed Hamasaki romance. Claimed celebrity not proof specific operator location, no year from last June or returned funds. Own reread source supports I:t with its stated attribution/scope. Own headline explicitly investment-help pretext; not proof claimed Hamasaki is celebrity.
Reported caseArizona father/fake relationship financial lure; source includes romantic OR platonic confidence scheme. Mixed relationship scope, not every investment scam intimate nor unspecified lost amount verified.
Reported caseTakanezawa50 male598000 cash romance-investigation report after demanded investment to meet. Source actual payment/reporting, no net-loss recovery, exact year or guilty verdict.
Reported caseAkita20 male300000 crypto romance marriage-fund investment loss. Explicit source romantic purpose, no year inferred from11th or actual recovery. Bind I:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description. Bind Rt:t to actual own evidence field, not neighbouring context or generic title/description.
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