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Colombia is new on Scamstats.
6.3% of adults were scammed in the last 12 months.
62.1% of victims lost money.
136,667 cases were recorded in 2025.
scamstats.org/country/co/
The countries hosting the scam compounds carry under 3% of the world's scam losses. The US alone carries about a third.
New @armidalecompany report: the compound is not the business. It is premises, leased to tenants.
armidale.co/perspectives/sca…
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New figures for South Africa on Scamstats.
7.0% of adults were scammed in the last 12 months.
Losses came to US$946.1 million.
18.0% of victims told the police.
scamstats.org/country/za/
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South Korea's figures on Scamstats are updated.
The police recorded 122,106 cases in 2025.
Losses came to US$6.58 billion.
Online shopping, prizes and investment are the most common scam types.
scamstats.org/country/kr/
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is now on Scamstats.
6 million adults were scammed in the last 12 months
82.0% of them lost money
US$96.3 million lost
scamstats.org/country/cd/
armidale retweeted
Türkiye is new on Scamstats.
534,491 cases recorded US$1.7 billion lost 2.8 million told the police
scamstats.org/country/tr/
armidale retweeted
Ethiopia is now on Scamstats.
8.6 million adults were scammed in the last 12 months 65.5% of them lost money 4.6 million told the police
scamstats.org/country/et/
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Egypt is new on Scamstats. 11.6% of adults were scammed in the last 12 months US$375 million lost to scams Most common: online shopping, prizes, investment
scamstats.org/country/eg/
We are pleased to launch the Scamstats initiative. To provide a unified and comparable measure of the problems of scams and fraud globally.
scamstats.org
Every country counts scams differently, if at all, so nobody could say how many people are scammed worldwide.
@scamstats is our answer: one method, every country, every figure traced to an official source.
Our first estimate: 655 million people a year.
scamstats.org
Our GSMA India Consumer Scam Report 2026 is out.
87% of Indian consumers are comfortable with their bank or financial provider using their data to detect fraud. 86% of victims take the case to an organisation.
A third of reported cases end unresolved.
gsma.com/about-us/regions/as…
The largest cost of scams falls on people who were never scammed.
In our GSMA ASEAN report, 56% of consumers in Southeast Asia now avoid inbound contact or transactions because of scams. The never-scammed do it just as much.
No government counts it.
armidale.co/perspectives/nob…
Governments measure reports received, arrests made, websites taken down.
Not whether the case ended for the victim.
One regulator anywhere publishes a victim outcome rate. The FBI's 66% recovery rate? Calculated on 3,020 of 859,532 complaints.
armidale.co/perspectives/the…
Great to see our GSMA ASEAN Consumer Scam Report informing the current debate on International Termination Charges in India. Our research highlighted how scams are becoming industrialized
Read the original report: gsma.com/about-us/regions/as…
#Telecom #CyberSecurity #GSMA #AntiScam
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SIM swap attacks drain crypto wallets every day.
@GSMA's #OpenGateway APIs let apps verify SIM status in real time, to stop fraud before it starts.
cointelegraph.com/news/the-s…
#CyberSecurity #SIMSwap #DigitalIdentity #FraudPrevention #TelcoAPIs #CryptoSecurity #Fintech
One of our founders, @lfalvey, spoke at #BinarySummit2025 on why tokenized loyalty is redefining customer engagement and ARPU.
Read the recap by The Binary Holdings: thebinaryholdings.com/blog?i…
#Web3 #Loyalty #Tokenization #DigitalStrategy #Armidale #strategy #payments
One of our founders, Leslie Falvey, featured by CBS4 at #BinarySummit2025 on tokenized loyalty and digital customer engagement
cbs4indy.com/business/press-…
Proud to see these conversations reaching wider audiences
@lfalvey #Armidale #Web3 #Loyalty #CustomerEngagement #Tokenization
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If you knew what we knew, you’d already be signed up.
Something exciting is on the horizon — don’t miss out.
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#Startups #APAC #Founders #StartupLife #TheVentureNetwork
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Sign up now and get 1 year of Premium membership.
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#StartupLife #APACStartups #ComingSoon #FounderPerks #StartupSavings
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"Blockchain & Crypto in Telecom: How Mobile Operators Are Embracing the Future", my new article has just been posted ready for #PBW.
Read here: shorturl.at/VsIwH
#GSMA #Blockchain #Crypto #Telecom #5G #Web3 #DigitalIdentity #TelecomInnovation #IoT #Fintech
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"SME Transaction Trends in 2025 – What’s Changing?", my new article has just been posted on LinkedIn.
Download and read the article here: shorturl.at/amyVW
#BusinessAcquisition #BuyingABusiness #SMEInvestment #Entrepreneurship #ExitStrategy #DealMaking
