Half-yearly dashboard on fraud

One of the tasks entrusted to the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) is to combat unlawful activities in the area of financial investments. The FSMA publishes a dashboard that provides statistics as well as an overview of the main trends regarding investment fraud. The dashboard for the first half of 2026 is now available.This edition of the dashboard highlights the following items: Fraudulent trading platforms and scams linked to cryptocurrencies continue to make up nearly half of the consumer reports of fraud received by the FSMA. Consumers reported to the FSMA having collectively lost more than 8.5 million euros due to such fraud.Another significant part of the losses reported by consumers, more than 2 million euros, were due to fraud involving false stock tips via WhatsApp. This type of fraud emerged in the summer of 2025 and has since made many victims, often involving very large sums of money. Since February, however, the FSMA has observed a sharp decline in the number of complaints registered in this category.The FSMA draws the public’s attention to fraud involving fake credit, which once again accounts for around 20% of the...