‘Kept fooling myself’: Auckland man loses $50k in romance scam
Aucklandmale nearly50000 promisedfinancialgain/betterlife sourceRomance; title foolingmyself self-blame notpsychologicaldiagnosis.
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【速報】「お金を引き出すのなら税金払って」詐欺と気付く 京都の女性がSNSロマンス詐欺被害
YahataKyoto44female2280万円 crypto investment Romance/withdrawal taxrequest. Crypto transferexplicit; request notproof taxpaid or repeatedrequests.
Reported case上周台灣人被騙走24.5億！「這手法平均騙走124萬」超夭壽 | 生活 | 三立新聞網 SETN.COM
Taiwanweek24.5億 allfraud vsfalse-datinginvestment124万 percase. Do notallocate total toRomance; source emotionaleditorial notclinicalharm.
Research & trends「幸せをお裾分けするお手伝いをします」「投資すれば元金を増やせる」 95万円詐取される 大分県日出町で60代男性がSNS型ロマンス詐欺被害 | 西日本新聞me
Hiji60male95万 romance investment/SNS explicit principal growth title. Police attribution not actual investigation.
Reported case嘉市警局反詐 網紅以被害人身分籲勿輕信話術 | 社會 | 中央社 CNA
Christine stolen-image victim attends police warning, false dating investment. Image subject is other harmed person, not operator or actual loss total.
Reported case嘉市警局反詐 網紅以被害人身分籲勿輕信話術 | 社會 | 中央社 CNA
Christine stolen-image victim attends police warning, false dating investment. Image subject is other harmed person, not operator or actual loss total.
Reported case親近感抱いた相手からもうけ話 横手の４０代男性、６４５万円詐欺被害｜秋田魁新報電子版
Yokote40male645万 cash, affinity and profit offer headline; crypto not in source, police attribution not investigation.
Reported case「彼氏募集」投稿の女とやりとり、「富の増加プラン」投資グループチャットに参加 鳥取の50代男性、ＳＮＳ型ロマンス詐欺被害 | 山陰中央新報デジタル
Tottori50male80万 cashFacebook wantedboyfriend andwealthinvestment chat. LastyearSept23 lacks explicit year, no datefilled from observation.
Reported case女子陷黃昏戀騙局遭詐537萬元 淡水警逮6嫌法辦 - 社會 - 自由時報電子報
He64 Tamsui old-song contact537万 romance crypto-investment, property mortgaged and six arrested. Collateral is not property loss/homelessness, crypto investment is not proven crypto payment.
Reported case女子陷黃昏戀騙局遭詐537萬元 淡水警逮6嫌法辦 | 社會 | 中央社 CNA
Own CNA He64 Tamsui537万/mortgage/six arrested, crypto investment not proven transfer, collateral not home lost.
Reported case黃昏戀騙局！淡水婦人誤陷虛擬貨幣詐騙 险丟畢生積蓄 - 社會
He64 Tamsui537万 savings/mortgaged property, long evidence collection and arrests. Near ruin not actual housing loss or total repayment.
Reported case女子陷黃昏戀騙局遭詐537萬元 淡水警逮6嫌法辦 - 新北市 - 自由時報電子報
He64 Tamsui old-song contact537万 romance crypto-investment, property mortgaged and six arrested. Collateral is not property loss/homelessness, crypto investment is not proven crypto payment.
Reported case唱李宗盛情歌騙信任！新北婦拿房抵押面交537萬 詐團6人落網 | ETtoday社會新聞 | ETtoday新聞雲
He64 six cash handovers/mortgage537万, new requests after blocked profit withdrawal, six arrests20m seizure and laundering referral. Seizure network scope not individual repayment; mortgage not house loss.
Reported case女子陷黃昏戀騙局遭詐537萬元 淡水警逮6嫌法辦 | 社會 | 中央社 CNA
Own CNA He64 Tamsui537万/mortgage/six arrested, crypto investment not proven transfer, collateral not home lost.
Reported caseRomance scams are on the rise, and now using crypto to bleed hearts and accounts dry
Toronto woman wooed by MosheTheodorMcNigh onFacebook June2021 investment; own cryptoheadline transfer assertion coarse, no completed specificsum fromclippedsource.
Reported case"Love Scam - Marie wehrt sich" - | 10.01.2025, 12:15 Uhr | 3sat
MarieS Instagram purportedUSbusinessman/project exploitspriorfragilementalstate, clippedmoneyrequest noactualtransfer/diagnosis orscamcausedmentalharm. Programmeunheard.
Reported case到中國投資人參差點毀人生 詐團新話術曝光 - 社會 - 自由時報電子報
Lin50 Tainan securityworker falsegirlfriend/ginseng3plants150k plannedtransfer/50foldclaim; owncaption no actualintercepted/refunded/paymentoutcome. China/DPRKginsengorigin notoperatorcountry.
Reported case到中國投資人參差點毀人生 詐團新話術曝光 - 臺南市 - 自由時報電子報
Lin50 Tainan securityworker falsegirlfriend/ginseng3plants150k plannedtransfer/50foldclaim; owncaption no actualintercepted/refunded/paymentoutcome. China/DPRKginsengorigin notoperatorcountry.
Reported case专挑熟女骗感情 诈团车手扮男公关约会 吸金548万 | 中國報 China Press
Liu host-role network20arrests40m mixedinvestment26mhousewife subset.40+ targetedfemale romance/fakeaffection, sexdeceptionnotautomaticallysexualviolence; all40m notRomance-only.
Reported case【速報】68歳男性、SNSで好意抱いた「女性」に1400円だまし取られる もうけ話を持ちかけられ
Takashima68male14mparagraph versus1400yen titletypo. Ownprofitclaim+SNS andRomanceinvestigation, no automaticquantityrepair, authorityinvestigationnotguilt.
Reported case專挑熟女騙感情！車手扮男公關吃飯約會+上床 吸金4千萬 | ETtoday社會新聞 | ETtoday新聞雲
TaiwanLiu35 network20arrests40m mixedfunds/housewife26m; remandrequestednotcompletedorder. Dating/sexhostactivities noforcedwork/sexualviolence assumed.
Reported caseDeepfake ring in Hong Kong busted for US$4.37M in romance investment scams | Biometric Update
HongKong31arrests deepfakeRomance/investment inTaiwanSingaporeMalaysia targetplaces. Namedring notallparticipantsknowingguilty/trafficked, headline4.37mfinancialscope unassignedallRomance.
Reported caseकम टाइम में ज्यादा पैसा! स्कैमर्स बेरोजगार-छात्र-हाउसवाइफ को करते हैं सबसे ज्यादा टारगेट, क्या है Pig Butchering Scam
Hindi explicitscammersfalse-love/quick-moneyrobberywarning, unemploy/student/housewife/emotionalweakness attributedframing notindependentrisk/clinicalharm.
Research & trends搗深偽網戀詐騙中心 換臉視訊呃購加密幣 - 20250106 - 港聞
HK31/34m two dark-curtain centres targeting Taiwan/Singapore/Malaysia, AI video/crypto investment. Five core charged and today appearance, others bail; no conviction/all31 moneylaunderers guilty. Yearless last Thursday2nd/today not observation-derived exact chronology. Crypto purchase/use not proved transfer method here.
Reported caseHong Kong police bust syndicate behind deepfake scams in Singapore, Malaysia » Borneo Bulletin Online
HK31 arrested deepfake Romance-investment syndicate34m criminal proceeds, Singapore/Malaysia targets and two KowloonBay premises. Proceeds not actual personal target loss/all Romance-only; no all members knowing/trafficked.
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