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Anne Deneuchatel seeks redress from two banks after about €830,000 lost to a fake Brad Pitt persona. Alleged negligence is not a judicial finding.
Reported caseJapanese police provisional 2025 figures combine special, SNS investment and romance fraud. The ¥324.1bn total is not romance-only and cannot be added to regional subsets.
Research & trendsMutsu police report an Aomori woman losing ¥1.41m after a supposed doctor named Akio in Ukraine and a supposed courier requested customs fees. The foreign persona and promised $3m reward are not an offender location or actual delivered funds.
Reported caseReporting combines an Illinois $36m figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual amount must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsPSNI reporting describes roughly £866,000 over about ten months and around 100 reports since April. Euro and rounded pound versions refer to overlapping reporting, not additional losses.
Research & trendsJapanese police report provisional 2025 totals combining special, SNS investment and romance fraud. The combined losses and overall crime counts are not romance-only and cannot measure romance-scam incidence.
Research & trendsA Toyama woman in her sixties reportedly lost over ¥60m after dating-app and LINE contact led to a cryptocurrency-investment proposal. The requested bank transfers do not establish crypto payments.
Reported caseA brokerage-comparison company estimates 59,000 American romance-scam victims. The brief excerpt lacks a period, denominator and transparent estimation method.
Research & trendsRomanian reporting describes a Timiș man deceived by a woman claiming to be younger and in difficulty. The supposed depression is an alleged pretext, not a diagnosed harm to the victim.
Reported caseIshikawa reports 420 combined special and SNS investment/romance cases and about ¥3.14bn in 2025 losses. Neither figure is romance-only.
Research & trendsNzube Henry Ikeji denies allegations involving a Romanian woman and $2.5m. Preserve the denial; the excerpt does not establish guilt or resolve the dispute.
Reported caseFlorinda of the Florín travel agency claims she lost €280,000 to someone posing as a soldier in Lebanon and blames staff for business collapse. The persona does not locate the offender, and responsibility remains disputed.
Reported caseMutsu police report an Aomori woman in her fifties losing about ¥1.41m. The truncated doctor-in-Ukraine wording does not establish the offender’s location.
Reported caseJapanese provisional 2025 figures combine special, investment and romance fraud. These totals and regional subsets cannot be assigned wholly to romance fraud or summed together.
Research & trendsJapanese provisional 2025 figures combine special, investment and romance fraud. These totals and regional subsets cannot be assigned wholly to romance fraud or summed together.
Research & trendsA Málaga travel-agency owner is reported to have been romantically deceived and then taken €100,000 from 55 clients. Client losses are secondary alleged harm, not 55 separate romance victims.
Reported casePSNI reporting describes roughly £866,000 over about ten months and around 100 reports since April. Euro and rounded pound versions refer to overlapping reporting, not additional losses.
Research & trendsNzube Henry Ikeji denies allegations involving a Romanian woman and $2.5m. Preserve the denial; the excerpt does not establish guilt or resolve the dispute. Reported nationality alone does not establish victim residence.
Reported casePolice re-arrest monk Tokuyū Gotō on suspicion of falsely presenting as a Japanese woman abroad and taking ¥2.5m from an Iwate man. The report explicitly says he denies the allegation.
Reported caseJapanese provisional 2025 figures combine special, investment and romance fraud. These totals and regional subsets cannot be assigned wholly to romance fraud or summed together.
Research & trendsReporting combines an Illinois $36m figure with a Chicago victim’s $70,000 loss and AI claims. The individual amount must not be added to an overlapping aggregate.
Research & trendsIshikawa reporting gives a 2025 combined special and SNS investment/romance loss total of ¥3.14bn. It is not romance-only.
Research & trendsJapanese police report provisional 2025 totals combining special, SNS investment and romance fraud. The combined losses and overall crime counts are not romance-only and cannot measure romance-scam incidence.
Research & trendsJapanese police provisional 2025 figures combine special, SNS investment and romance fraud. The ¥324.1bn total is not romance-only and cannot be added to regional subsets.
Research & trendsVictorian advice cites over $5.6m but the category description is truncated after online romance and. The exact total’s scope cannot be established.
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