2026 Asia Fraud Report: Taiwan’s average financial loss for victims is 150,000, and 4 countries are even worse

The global fraud problem continues to heat up. According to the "2026 Asian Fraud Survey Report" jointly released by the Global Fraud Prevention Alliance (GASA) and trust technology service provider Gogolook (6902), the financial losses from fraud in 13 Asian markets are estimated to be as high as 136.5 billion US dollars (approximately NT$4.48 trillion). Among them, the average financial loss of fraud victims in Taiwan is US$4,728 (approximately NT$155,300), ranking fifth in Asia, lower than Japan, South Korea, Singapore and China (Hong Kong).

Gogolook participated in the "2026 Asia Fraud Prevention Summit" held in Bangkok, Thailand. This event moved to Bangkok for the first time and was co-organized by GASA, Thailand's Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Royal Thai Police, Bank of Thailand, Gogolook and Meta. It attracted more than 800 Asian government agencies, technology industry players, experts and scholars to participate, focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) fraud threats, cross-border intelligence sharing and anti-fraud technology applications.

According to the survey, as many as 71% of adults surveyed in Asia said they had experienced fraud in the past year, and 80% of those who encountered fraud reported it to relatives, friends, online platforms, etc. However, only 43% of victims who suffered financial losses reported it to the competent authorities. In addition, 71% of victims hope that banks will proactively take blocking measures when detecting suspicious transactions, indicating that the need for fraud prevention is shifting from post-report reporting to prior warning and blocking.

Jianfu Guo, co-founder and CEO of Gogolook, pointed out that digital trust is the foundation for the sustainable development of the digital economy. When fraud crosses national borders and industries, protection must be upgraded from the risk management of individual organizations to the responsibility shared by the government and enterprises. Through cross-border intelligence sharing, clear division of labor and immediate intervention, risks can be effectively blocked before people build trust and make payments.

In terms of international layout, Gogolook continues to deepen anti-fraud cooperation in Thailand and officially established the "GASA Thailand Chapter" at the summit, calling on international technology and financial players such as Google, Meta, Amazon, Mastercard, Visa, OpenAI, as well as the Thai government and law enforcement agencies to jointly promote intelligence sharing, policy initiatives and fraud prevention education, and expand the cross-industry cooperation network.

In response to the new fraud threats brought by AI technology, Fu Yuling, head of Gogolook's Watchmen product, said that fraud groups use AI to reduce the cost of advertising, website construction and establishing new accounts, making it easier to expand the scale of crime. Therefore, fraud prevention also requires the establishment of a mutually competitive cooperation mechanism.

Gogolook also used Taiwan's cooperation experience with the stock exchange, the Ministry of Digital Development and the Yunlin County Government as an example to share how to connect the fraud detection, reporting and removal processes. In the future, it will also explore the application direction of relevant cooperation models in Thailand and other Asian markets, and improve the efficiency of fraud prevention and handling through cross-border cooperation.