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Scammers Are Winning: €41.3 ($47.8) Billion Lost in Scams, Up 15%

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In ScamAdviser’s 3rd Global State of Scams Report, 42 countries were analyzed on the number of people scammed and the amount of money lost. Number of Scams Boomed The number of reported scams increased from 139 million in 2019 to 266 million in 2020. The amount lost grew from €36 ($41.7) to [...]

New Study Reveals Why Consumers Get Scammed

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a new study by ScamAdviser, of 4,300+ consumers, scammers reach nearly everybody. 62% of the survey participants are certain that they have been exposed to a scam in the last year. The main reason consumers get scammed? Hubris! There is a huge gap between how good consumers think they [...]