2025-01-04
Where are the criminals?
As the largest city in the UAE and the economic and financial center of the Middle East, Dubai is becoming a new target for fraud gangs.
2025-01-04
According to a 2023 report released by the non-profit Global Anti-Fraud Alliance (GASA) and data service provider ScamAdviser, global fraud cases caused a total loss of approximately US$1.02 trillion (approximately RMB 7.34 trillion) in the past year, equivalent to 1.05% of global GDP.
This figure is much higher than the $55.3 billion estimated in the 2021 report and $47.8 billion in 2020, which shows that fraud incidents around the world have increased significantly in recent years.
The report also shows that more than a quarter of respondents, whether in developed or developing countries, said they had been defrauded.
The most rampant fraud methods in the world include online shopping, identity theft and investment scams, and the methods of fraud are also varied and changing with each passing day. Although more than half of the respondents believe they can identify scams, the reality is that traditional methods alone may not be very effective in identifying scams.
"In the digital age, fraud cases are escalating, and many scams have transformed from individual sporadic incidents to large-scale cases on an international scale." said Jory Abraham, director of GASA.