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title: "Scams by country: what's common where you live"
url: https://tapsafely.com/scams-by-country
source: TapSafely
description: "Official scam figures, the most common scams and where to report, for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, Singapore, Cyprus and more."
---

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Scams by country

# Scams around the world: what's common where you live

Scams follow local banks, couriers and tax offices. Choose your country for the latest official figures, the scams to watch for and where to report. For every other country, see our [worldwide reporting directory](https://tapsafely.com/been-scammed#where-to-report).

## Countries

[US

### Scams in the US

Investment scams, bank and business impersonation and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-the-us)[GB

### Scams in the UK

Investment scams, purchase scams and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-the-uk)[CA

### Scams in Canada

Investment scams, romance scams and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-canada)[AU

### Scams in Australia

Investment scams, romance scams and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-australia)[IE

### Scams in Ireland

Online shopping scams, investment scams and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-ireland)[NZ

### Scams in New Zealand

Investment scams, online shopping scams and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-new-zealand)[IN

### Scams in India

Digital arrest scams, investment and trading scams and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-india)[SG

### Scams in Singapore

Investment scams, government official impersonation and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-singapore)[ZA

### Scams in South Africa

Fake bank calls, texts and emails, sim swap fraud and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-south-africa)[NG

### Scams in Nigeria

Ponzi and fake investment schemes, phishing and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-nigeria)[PH

### Scams in the Philippines

Online selling scams, phishing messages and fake bank sites and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-the-philippines)[CY

### Scams in Cyprus

Phishing and fake bank messages, investment and crypto scams and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-cyprus)[GR

### Scams in Greece

Fake relative emergency calls, fake refunds from the tax office, banks and insurers and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-greece)[IT

### Scams in Italy

Fake bank staff and spoofed calls, fake inps texts and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-italy)[ES

### Scams in Spain

Fake bank employee calls, fake correos and parcel texts and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-spain)[DE

### Scams in Germany

Fake police officer calls, "hello mum" messenger scams and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-germany)[FR

### Scams in France

Phishing messages, fake bank adviser calls and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-france)[NL

### Scams in the Netherlands

Bank helpdesk fraud, friend in need fraud and more.

See the latest](https://tapsafely.com/scams-in-the-netherlands)