The patterns below repeat every month. Familiarity is the first line of defence — and recognising a scam early is often the difference between a resolvable case and a total loss.
Scammers clone the voices of relatives, executives, or trusted contacts using just seconds of publicly available audio. They then call demanding urgent transfers.
Impostor teams contact past victims offering 'guaranteed recovery' in exchange for taxes, unlock fees, or gas fees paid in crypto. They disappear once paid.
A long-term relationship — often started on dating apps — used to slowly manipulate victims into an investment 'platform' that later blocks withdrawals.
Fake virus warnings and pop-ups drive victims to call a support line. Attackers gain remote access and drain accounts under the pretence of 'securing' them.
Fraudsters pose as your bank's fraud department or a company executive to authorise fake transfers using spoofed numbers and internal-sounding language.
Fake forex, binary options, and crypto trading platforms show fabricated gains until victims try to withdraw — at which point taxes, verification, or KYC fees appear.