Staying informed is the first step in protecting yourself from scams. By understanding how these common scams operate and knowing the warning signs, you can avoid falling victim to fraud.
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary Thailand faces a dual-front crisis in 2025: while tourists lose millions to traditional street scams in Bangkok and Phuket, the nation's Myanmar border has transformed into the epicenter of a global human trafficking and cybercrime empire. With ₿115.3 billion ($3.2 billion USD) lost annually
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary Indonesia, Southeast Asia's digital payment powerhouse and home to 270+ million people, is grappling with an unprecedented fraud crisis that threatens to undermine its remarkable digital transformation. With financial losses reaching Rp 7 trillion ($438 million) in less than one year and 89% of all unknown
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary Italy, a nation celebrated for its rich cultural heritage and world-class tourism industry, confronts a sobering reality in 2025: €181 million lost to online fraud—a staggering 32% increase from 2023's €137 million. With 18,714 cases reported in 2024 (up 15% from the previous year)
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary The Netherlands, renowned as Europe's most digitally advanced economy and a global logistics powerhouse, faces a paradox in 2025: despite having one of the world's highest digital literacy rates, the nation now leads all European Economic Area countries in digital payment fraud. With €1.
Global Scam Series 2025
Date: October 2025 Executive Summary France is experiencing a devastating scam epidemic, with total fraud losses reaching €7.6 billion ($8.3 billion) in the last twelve months alone. Over half of French adults (54%) reported falling victim to scams in 2025, with the average loss per victim exceeding €750.
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary Mexico faces an unprecedented convergence of traditional organized crime and sophisticated cyber fraud that has created one of the most dangerous digital threat environments in the Western Hemisphere. In 2024 alone, Mexico lost MX$11.3 billion (US$611 million) to cyber fraud, with the country accounting for
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary Germany, the economic powerhouse of Europe, faces a staggering cybercrime crisis that has cost the nation €267 billion in 2024 alone—the fourth-highest fraud rate in Europe and seventh-highest among all 30 European Economic Area countries. In just the 12 months leading to mid-2025, German consumers lost €10.
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary South Korea is experiencing what experts are calling a "scam pandemic"—an explosive surge in voice phishing (voice fraud) and cryptocurrency scams that has left 26% of adults victimized in just the past year, with losses totaling $1.4 billion USD. In the first quarter of
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary Japan is grappling with a record-breaking fraud crisis in 2025, as "special fraud" (tokushu sagi) cases surge to historic levels. What once targeted primarily the elderly has evolved into a sophisticated criminal industry that now victimizes people of all ages, with younger generations increasingly falling prey
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary The Philippines faces a digital fraud crisis of unprecedented proportions, ranking as the second-highest country globally for suspected digital fraud rates in 2025. With 13.4% of all digital transactions flagged as potentially fraudulent—more than double the global average—74% of Filipinos have been targeted by scammers
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary As 2025 progresses, China faces one of the world's most complex and sophisticated fraud landscapes, with telecom and internet scams evolving into an industrial-scale criminal enterprise that operates both domestically and across borders. With over 294,000 cases solved in the first half of 2025 alone
Global Scam Series 2025
Executive Summary Brazil stands at a dangerous crossroads where financial innovation meets criminal exploitation at unprecedented scale. The nation's revolutionary instant payment system, PIX, has transformed how 140 million Brazilians transact money—but it has simultaneously created a $2.7 billion fraud ecosystem that represents one of the