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| 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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52 people/six Chinese nationals arrested in online-dating/illegal-crypto case; fake call centre/dating lure and unauthorized crypto transactions explicitly stated. Coordinated group allegation, not all52Chinese, allvictims, crypto investment or verified guilt.
Reported caseOdate50s woman SNS romance/investment fraud7000000JPY, sourcecashloss. Returns beforemorepayments arefictitious display? Owntitleprofitsquoted anddepositrepeated, actualnetloss sourceclaimed. No exactperson/date/medicalcause.
Reported caseKorean FSS consumer caution describes false foreign persona/SNS-dating contacts inducing crypto investment and money extraction. General warning and authority initiative, not measured efficacy or foreign-national operator location. No count or clinical harm established.
Prevention & supportYonago40 male romance-fraud200000JPY from onlinedatingwoman/hobbyrapport andpartial internetshopoffer. Actualloss/platform, no explicitinvestment site or fabricatednationality from truncatedshopproposal.
Reported caseWoman390000 crypto-dating loss headline with first-person messed-up-life framing; historical2021global7.7billion crypto report in generic body is separate mixed context. No incident2021 automatically, amount/clinical harm verified or global aggregate allocated to her. Generic body historical2021crypto report is mixed background distinct from main woman390000headline; reviewed statistical context, no incident-year borrowing.
Reported caseBritish male loses hundredsUSD to fakeJenniferAniston AI-video/Apple-subscription pretext. Romancecounterfeit persona/source syntheticclaim, not genuinecelebrityneed/operatornationality or independentvideoauthenticity.
Reported caseZaragozaPilarArtal52Instagramattempted sentimental scam/falseperson emotionallydevastating; quotation saysnot robbedmoney butendsmidword. Attemptnotpaidfinancialloss/clinicaldiagnosis; truncateddenial preserved notinvented sum/recovery. AccessibleHeraldo standfirst completes no-money-stolen claim; displayed1.8million familybusiness-diversion paragraph concernsdifferentwoman, notPilar. Partialaccessiblearticle isnotfullbody/medicalverification; noher1.8millionloss oroffendingcode.
Reported caseKanuma73machineryrepairmale1369563JPYreportedSNSRomance sidejobfraud, foreignwomanaccountcontact; ownpolicereportandactiveinvestigation explicit. Sidejobnottradinginvestment, nationalityclaimnotoperationcountry, May26yearnotfilled.
Reported caseHitachiOta59localcivilservantmale SNSfalseopposite-sexintroduction agents26.55millionJPYlost, policeinvestigationexplicit. Introductionagent isnotnecessarily actualpartner; profession/age notclinicalcause. Day13/yearunspecified; no incidentdatefromobservation.
Reported caseSapporo60smale SNSRomance loss406millionJPY, sourcepolice sayssecondhighestknownsinglecase byreportedamount.4億600万円=406millionnot460million/4.6billion; Mayenddiscoveryyearnotfilledfromobservation. Rankingnotindependentglobalprevalence.
Reported casePseudonymXiaoHao metfalsemodelXiaoMei ondatingapp paid400000NTD photobook-sales promise and policeinformedvictim ofRomancefraud. Pseudonymsnotrealidentity, not LinMuxiAriel link byphotobook alone. Titlevolcano-filial/romancebrain stigma retained as sourceframing, notresearcherjudgment. Stigmatizingromancebrain/cashmachinetitle attributed toreporterialframing, nottargetselfblame or researcherendorsement. Pseudonymscannotbridge namedArielcase without strongerexplicitcontext.
Reported caseBaliIndonesianpolice38suspectedLoveScamring targetingAmericanmen byTelegram/fakeidentities. Explicitprocedure/platform/personaimpersonation alleged, noallguilt/verifiedcashsum orAmericanoperatornationality.
Reported caseIwakuni60maleemployeeSNSRomance actual1227000JPY sourcecashloss. Age/professionnotclinicalriskcause, shortdate12notfullcalendar.
Reported caseIwakuni60male122万円 romance-loss headline and truncated SNS-affinity fraudbody. Headlinethreshold1.22millionJPY, do not fill precise1227000fromfullerbody inotherrevision.
Reported caseShunan30civilservantmaleSNSRomance2770000JPYcryptoloss sourceclaim. DistinctIwakuni60male1227000, noinvestmentoffer oroperatornationality inferred fromcrypto alone.
Reported caseMacau localwomanreported MOP58000loss in datingapp fraud. Falsemale over-transfer-bankissue and client-payment reimbursementpretext; ownshortsource doesnotprove criminalknowledge/actualthird-partylaundering ormainland operatorlocation frompromised reimbursement.
Reported caseAltonaweeklypolice scam/parcelroundup includespersonalfinancialrequestfromunknownonline-datingcontact, targetpaidmoney andpolicewarnfalserealidentity. Mixedroundup notallparceltheftRomance/actualfundsrecoveredorallclinicalharm; ownreportedlossandplatform.
Reported caseBali38LoveScamsuspects/fakephoto/Telegramheadline, trustgainedthenTelegramlinkbody. Platform/trust/impersonation sourceclaims, no proofall38Americanoperators fromWNAASheadline shorthand orfraudnetloss.
Reported caseNewZealand grandmother reported targetedfalseDrChrisBrown love scam viaAI-generatedvideo/images. Source-syntheticclaim not mediaforensicverification; furiousframing notdiagnosis orstatedactualcashloss.
Reported caseBali38LoveScam suspects securedbroadcaster/operatorroles seekUSnationalTelegramtargets. Coordinatedspecificroles/platform, notallAmericanoffendernationality/paidloss/guiltyfindings.
Reported case75Huangwoman misleadingonlinejobcollectionagreement/repeatpickup arrested atTaipeiXiangshan; apparentparticipantclaimsordinarysettlementjob. SeparateXiao male false-datinginvestmentcontact paid304000NTD. Participantrole vs principalmale target distinct, falseagreementnotprovenforgery; secondpickupnotrepeatmalevictimization. PartialMarch/lastWednesday notdatedcalendar. OwnmaleXiao stockgroupandguaranteedprofit explicit, separatefrom75Huangjobbelief/courier; no forcedwork orrepeatmaletargetbecausecouriersecondpickup.
Reported caseSuzuka50smale describes approximately10millionJPY SNSRomance loss with first-person self-blame and interviewwarningtoothers. 1000万円=10millionJPY; own headline states crypto transfer, distinct from own10million confession counterpart. Sourceownfeelings not researcherendorsement/medicaldiagnosis.
Reported case75Huangwoman misleadingonlinejobcollectionagreement/repeatpickup arrested atTaipeiXiangshan; apparentparticipantclaimsordinarysettlementjob. SeparateXiao male false-datinginvestmentcontact paid304000NTD. Participantrole vs principalmale target distinct, falseagreementnotprovenforgery; secondpickupnotrepeatmalevictimization. PartialMarch/lastWednesday notdatedcalendar. OwnmaleXiao stockgroupandguaranteedprofit explicit, separatefrom75Huangjobbelief/courier; no forcedwork orrepeatmaletargetbecausecouriersecondpickup.
Reported caseKyotoYamashina48unemployedwoman allegedSNSRomance fraud14.15millionJPYcrypto fromclaimedTaiwanmalecontact, policeinvestigating. Personanationalitynotoperatorcountry/clinicalcause; bankcomparisonnotexplicitinvestmentoffer.
Reported caseMarianne multipleRomance-target testimonies warmth/private-confidences thencashrequests/financialandemotionalpain. Sourceassociatedselfreports notclinicaldiagnoses/independentcasecount andrequestunspecifiednotindividualpaidamount.
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