Topic

Online scams

Fraud carried out through websites, social media, messaging and online ads, including investment, impersonation and e-commerce scams.

Current clusters

security2 publishers

Nine in ten toll scams reach victims by text or email in Malwarebytes' 91-day sample

Half of IRS-themed lures arrived as voice calls and about six in ten romance approaches began on social media over the same window, so a program that only tests email is scoring one surface out of several.

Publishers:helpnetsecurity.commalwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+25
Incentives70
Confidence55

security1 publisher

Shell pages make up 3.64 million of Meta's 3.8 million Singapore scam takedowns

Meta acted on nearly 3.8 million scam-linked accounts and pages in 2026 using Singapore Police Force signals. Dormant shell pages from one July sweep make up 3.64 million of them, so the repeatable result is 20,000 police flags turning into 113,000 takedowns.

Publishers:police.gov.sg

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption50
Hype gap+35
Incentives75
Confidence45