Science & Tech · Cybersecurity · 5 hrs ago
F-Secure launches guide to more than 50 types of consumer scams
F-Secure has launched a guide to more than 50 consumer scams through its Illuminate Research Hub.
The guide explains scams from the victim’s perspective, including what people see, what they are told and what they are asked to do.
Its entries cover familiar fraud tactics used on newer platforms and technologies, including social media, shopping, cryptocurrency and AI tools.
The company says scammers often adapt existing methods rather than inventing entirely new ones.
F-Secure says 52% of scam victims now lose money, more than double the rate from a year earlier.
The guide is intended to help people recognize scam patterns before they lose money or become victims.
F-Secure’s Threat Intelligence team plans to keep updating it as it identifies new methods and tactics.
F-Secure has launched a Scam Encyclopedia covering more than 50 types of consumer scams.
The guide explains each scam from the victim’s perspective, including what people see, are told and asked to do.
F-Secure says the guide is based on decades of research and will be updated as scam methods change.
The entries include cryptocurrency, social media and shopping scams.
The company says 52% of scam victims now lose money, more than double the rate a year earlier.
- Who
- F-Secure’s Threat Intelligence team created the Scam Encyclopedia.
- What
- F-Secure launched a guide covering more than 50 types of consumer scams.
- When
- Oct. 15, 2026.
- Where
- The guide is available on F-Secure’s Illuminate Research Hub.
- Why
- F-Secure says the guide is designed to help people recognize scam patterns and spot fraud before becoming victims.
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F-Secure says the Scam Encyclopedia was built from decades of research.
F-Secure announced the launch of the Scam Encyclopedia.
- Scam types covered
- More than 50
- Victims losing money
- 52%
- Research team
- F-Secure’s Threat Intelligence team
- Guide location
- F-Secure’s Illuminate Research Hub
- Announcement date
- Oct. 15, 2026
What people are saying
Scammers don't invent a new method every time they want to steal from someone
They take familiar tactics and apply them to whatever people are currently using, whether that's dating apps, texting, social media, or even AI tools.