Digital fraud is currently the world’s fastest-growing form of crime, but even though Danish police are aware of the problem, it is virtually risk-free for criminals to scam Danes. This is shown by a report compiled by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Politiken and Jyllands-Posten.

The report shows that Danish police have received over 23,000 reports of contact fraud in the past five years. This is the form of digital fraud where a person pretends to be a potential romantic partner, investment advisor, or something else entirely to deceive the victim out of money.