The Trust Gap Fueling Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud Losses

Experts Predict AI-Driven Scams Will Soon Outpace Human-Led Tactics Suparna Goswami (gsuparna) • December 24, 2025

Scams work because it's often difficult to spot the scam while it's happening. Despite $442 billion in scam losses across 42 countries last year, roughly three quarters of individuals say they can recognize scams. Jorij Abraham, managing director of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance, said this confidence gap is costing billions and predicted what fraud practitioners should expect in 2026.

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"We see that people who are young, who are highly educated are being scammed more than other kinds of groups. For the record: Everybody gets scammed," Abraham said.

"There is no target group or segment of not being scammed, but young people highly internet-literate are scammed more," he said. "Younger people are more confident that they can recognize scams, while ...