£102 million. That is the figure the reporting ties to romance fraud against people in the United Kingdom in 2025.
The headline figure: £102M taken from UK victims in 2025
According to the reporting published on The Register, romance fraudsters extracted a total of £102,000,000 from victims in the United Kingdom during 2025. The amount and the year are presented as the central fact of the story: the money was taken in 2025 and the total given is £102M.
Who the story names: "romance scammers" and "sweet talk"
The language used in the report links that sum directly to actors identified as "romance scammers." The headline frames the mechanism in plain terms — turning "sweet talk" into a "£102M payday" — tying the modality of courtship-based deception to the total loss reported.
Geographic focus: victims in the United Kingdom
The reporting places the victims within the United Kingdom. The URL for the piece explicitly phrases the loss as money that "fleeced-uk-victims-of-102m-in-2025," underlining that the reported total is associated with UK victims over the course of 2025.
Timing and source: reported on The Register, May 5, 2026
The item is published on the website of The Register; the story's URL contains the date 2026/05/05, indicating the report appeared on 5 May 2026. The headline and the URL together present the core factual claim: in 2025, romance scammers took £102M from people in the UK, as reported by The Register on that date.
Where the record can be read
The original reporting is available on The Register's website. Readers seeking the primary account and its exact wording can consult the story at the link below.
