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Reporting names Nzube Henry Ikeji in allegations of a $2.5m fake-Dubai-prince scheme. Nationality and the impersonated title do not establish victim residence or offender location.
Reported caseA daughter reports that an elderly woman lost $81,000 and her home after celebrity impersonation involving an AI video. The real actor is not implicated and the account is not independent verification.
Reported caseTaipei reporting describes a woman deceived through online contact and crypto investment, then robbed during a NT$7.05m cash handover. Police report six arrests and NT$7m recovered; recovery does not prove return to the victim.
Reported caseA Lampung teacher reportedly loses Rp70.5m after Facebook contact; police arrest the alleged perpetrator. Recovery is not reported.
Reported caseTaipei reporting describes a woman deceived through online contact and crypto investment, then robbed during a NT$7.05m cash handover. Police report six arrests and NT$7m recovered; recovery does not prove return to the victim.
Reported caseA Basel-region tourist reportedly lost CHF20,500 after a German bartender in Mallorca feigned a relationship. The holiday location is not inferred to be the victim’s home.
Reported caseFukui reports provisional 2025 totals for special fraud and combined SNS investment/romance fraud. The two groups’ totals do not establish romance-only losses.
Research & trendsCoverage alleges a Nigerian socialite impersonated Dubai’s crown prince in a $2.5m romance scheme. The persona is not the real prince and nationality does not locate the victim.
Reported caseFBI Kansas City warns with a $672m 2024 figure. The national total is not a Kansas City loss estimate.
Prevention & supportPolice reportedly arrest six suspects and recover NT$7m after a romance-investment victim’s cash handover was robbed. Recovery is distinct from return to the victim.
Reported caseAn 85-year-old woman reports losing £10,000 to an online dating scammer. No adjudication or recovery is described.
Reported caseFBI Jacksonville reports over 550 people and $22.2m in Northeast Florida during 2025. These are reported losses and do not establish all victims.
Prevention & supportA Kaohsiung woman alleges romantic investment deception and large debts; the title says prosecutors declined to prosecute. That does not by itself settle whether fraud occurred.
Reported caseTaipei reporting describes a woman deceived through online contact and crypto investment, then robbed during a NT$7.05m cash handover. Police report six arrests and NT$7m recovered; recovery does not prove return to the victim.
Reported caseHuangdao police describe stopping a proposed gold payment to unfreeze an online boyfriend’s account. The title establishes a prevention claim, not completed loss.
Reported caseCoverage alleges a Nigerian socialite impersonated Dubai’s crown prince in a $2.5m romance scheme. The persona is not the real prince and nationality does not locate the victim.
Reported caseA Kaohsiung woman alleges romantic investment deception from early 2021. The article reports a non-prosecution decision and pending reconsideration; its claim that the evidence was sufficient is attributed, not adopted as a legal finding.
Reported caseCoverage alleges a Nigerian socialite impersonated Dubai’s crown prince in a $2.5m romance scheme. The persona is not the real prince and nationality does not locate the victim.
Reported caseTaipei reporting describes a woman deceived through online contact and crypto investment, then robbed during a NT$7.05m cash handover. Police report six arrests and NT$7m recovered; recovery does not prove return to the victim.
Reported caseTaipei reporting describes a romance-investment victim robbed of roughly NT$7m at a cash handover, with suspects fleeing by car. The article describes investigation, not yet recovery or conviction.
Reported caseKagoshima police report a woman in her sixties losing about ¥63m in cryptocurrency after intimate LINE contact and a proposal to fund a shared future.
Reported caseTottori police describe three fraud cases including a Tottori city man in his sixties losing ¥11.9m through SNS romance fraud. The other two cases are not necessarily romance fraud.
Reported caseLampung police reportedly arrest Mah in Makassar on 23 January 2026 after a teacher was extorted for about Rp70m. Arrest does not establish conviction.
Reported caseKagoshima police report a woman in her sixties losing about ¥63m in cryptocurrency after intimate LINE contact and a proposal to fund a shared future.
Reported caseMarie-Paule, 82, reportedly loses tens of thousands of euros to a false Frédéric Lopez persona. The real presenter explains he did not request money; he is not identified as the offender.
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