Unmasking the $55 Billion Scam Epidemic: Insights from GASA's Jorij Abraham
By Emily Taylor
Global Anti Scam Alliance Managing Director, Jorij Abraham, speaks with Emily Taylor on the severity of online scams. The growth of global scams continues to grow since the start of the internet and saw a sharp increase during Covid-19, GASA estimate that the amount of money lost is $55bn.
Scam victims are seen as "falling for a scam" however, anyone is susceptible to being scammed, Jorij says "if you haven't been scammed of you haven't lived". This idea that regardless of peoples levels of education, background and experience, they are all likely to receive scam at some point in their life.