Dossier
Fake romance schemes
Coverage of Fake romance schemes in the Nexus archive.
- Asia-Pacific cyberscam victims lost up to US$114 billion last year: UN
Victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand lost up to US$114.1 billion last year, according to a UN report. The losses tripled from 2023, with Southeast Asia, particularly Cambodia and Myanmar, identified as hubs for fake romance and cryptocurrency investment scams.