Globally, cyber-enabled fraud is reaching record highs, and sub-Saharan Africa leads the trend, with 82% of respondents reporting exposure to digital scams, followed by North America, with 79% of respondents. Cyber-enabled fraud poses a pervasive societal threat, undermining trust and security across all demographics – from corporate leaders to households and vulnerable populations. Prevalence of cyber-enabled fraud across regions FIGURE 22 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 0%Sub-Saharan Africa South AsiaNorth America East Asia and PaciﬁcLatin America and the Caribbean Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa Yes NoHave you or anyone in your professional/personal network been affected by cyber-enabled fraud in the past 12 months? 41%38%29%23%23%21%18% 59%62%71%77%77%79%82% Global efforts to combat cyber-enabled fraud To tackle fraud, global efforts to combat cyber- enabled crime are gaining momentum. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) are co-organizing the Global Fraud Summit in March 2026. The summit will serve as a platform to galvanize international action by fostering high-level dialogue, political and law enforcement commitments, and effective cross-sector collaboration.17 This high-level discussion comes after several significant operational disruptions of cybercrime networks across South-East Asia, Africa and Europe in 2025. Civil society and the private sector are also coordinating efforts. The Global Anti- Scam Alliance (GASA), for instance, is leveraging the Global Signal Exchange to enhance real-time insights into the supply chains that enable scams.18In parallel, the World Economic Forum’s Partnership Against Cybercrime (PAC), in collaboration with the Institute for Security and Technology (IST), has published the white paper Fighting Cyber-Enabled Fraud: A Systemic Defence Approach.19 The paper calls on stakeholders to act across three pillars – prevention (structurally reducing abuse before it occurs), protection (embedding user safety by default) and mitigation (enabling rapid, collective response) – outlining a shared responsibility model designed to disrupt cyber-enabled fraud at scale (see Figure 23). Together, these initiatives reflect a growing international commitment to strengthen systemic defences and address cyber-enabled fraud through coordinated global action. Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 31