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One Scam, Many Disguises: The Job Scam Built to Be Reused
A job scam impersonating Oppo Malaysia shows how the same playbook can be reused across different brands. See how the scam works and what to watch for.

Nearly 1 in 5 people fell victim to scams in the past year, and more than half lost money. Scammers are weaponizing AI, making scams the biggest threat to consumer digital safety. But we're fighting back: analyzing, innovating, and shaping the future of scam protection.
AI‑powered defense: advanced scam protection technology
Pioneering research: comprehensive insights into scams
Sources: F‑Secure Global Consumer Market Survey 2026, n = 10,000
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The combination of rapid digitalization of consumer lives, advancements in AI, and delegation of more sensitive tasks to AI agents means we’re seeing consumers increasingly exposed to scams and other digital threats. Digital service providers are uniquely positioned to protect their customers, turning trusted relationships into a high-value growth engine.
To beat scammers, we must think like them. We need to identify where they’re most active, what they’re targeting, and how they’re infiltrating our digital lives. As scam rates escalate, our Scam Protection Engineering Team is at the forefront of researching and developing cutting-edge strategies to combat these threats. Their work helps us understand how scams operate, enabling us to continuously advance our technologies to stop them.
Conducting research to identify and predict emerging scam threats.
Conducting research to identify and predict emerging scam threats.
Leveraging threat intelligence and AI to elevate our technology's capabilities.
Source: F‑Secure Global Consumer Market Survey 2026, n = 10,000

We partner with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and other organizations to create a safer digital landscape by sharing expertise on emerging cyber threats, raising awareness of online scams, and strengthening scam protections.
Our shared mission is to protect consumers from the financial and emotional impacts of scams. We achieve this by uniting and educating governments, law enforcement, consumer protection organizations, and service providers to combat the growing threat of scams.
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There are more than 50 distinct ways to scam someone online, and F‑Secure’s Threat Intelligence team catalogued them all in its new Scam Encyclopedia, one of the most comprehensive guides to scams and fraud available today.
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F‑Secure has been named “Cybersecurity Solution of the Year for Telecommunications” for the second consecutive year in the 10th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards.
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Consumer cyber security leader F-Secure and CUJO AI, a global leader in cyber security, device, and network intelligence for service providers, have today announced that they are joining forces to provide a joint protection offering to the world's largest Tier-1 Communications Service Providers.
¹ F‑Secure Global Consumer Market Survey 2026, n = 10,000;
² F-Secure Living Secure Survey 2024