A new INTERPOL African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026 has revealed that Ghana lost an estimated $1.3 million to mobile money (MoMo) fraud in the first quarter of 2025 alone.
The new INTERPOL report cites Ghana as one of the countries grappling with rising mobile money fraud.
The report revealed that the estimated $1.3 million losses came as cybercriminals increasingly exploited digital payment platforms to target unsuspecting users.
According to the INTERPOL report, mobile money fraud is Africa’s most widespread online scam, detailing that 97% of countries responding to INTERPOL’s member country survey identified it as a major cybercrime threat.
INTERPOL disclosed that scammers commonly use phishing, SIM-swap attacks, fake promotions and social engineering techniques to gain access to victims’ mobile wallets and steal funds.
“Mobile money fraud has emerged as the most prevalent online scam reported by member countries,” part of the report stated.
Meanwhile, TrustGH (trustgh.com), Ghana’s first public database for scam phone numbers, has recorded over 3,000 reports of suspicious numbers since its launch, the company announced today.
The reported numbers have been linked to a wide range of fraudulent activity, including e-commerce fraud, investment and job scams, romance scams, impersonation, and recruitment fraud.
TrustGH allows members of the public to report suspicious phone numbers, which are then checked against international scam-detection parameters. Each number is assigned a risk score ranging from 0% to 100%, indicating the likelihood that it is linked to fraudulent activity. To date, more than half of all numbers reported to the platform have received a risk score of 100%, confirming a very high likelihood of scam involvement.
Reports submitted to TrustGH originate from a variety of sources, including TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp, Google Business profiles, phone calls, SMS messages, and fake websites. TikTok accounts for the largest share of reported cases, at roughly 50%, followed by SMS and WhatsApp messages.
Notably, more than 90% of reported scam cases involved attempts to demand mobile money payment or gain access to victims’ mobile money accounts. Investigators have also found that many scammers create fake pages that closely mimic legitimate businesses across social media platforms in order to defraud unsuspecting individuals of significant sums of money.
“These numbers show just how widespread and organized scam activity has become in Ghana, particularly on social media,” a TrustGH spokesperson said. “Our goal is to give the public a reliable, data-driven way to verify a number before they engage with it, so they can protect themselves and their money.”
TrustGH is a licensed platform and works closely with the Cybersecurity Authority and the Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service to combat scam activity and support ongoing investigations into reported numbers.
TrustGH is urging the public to verify any unfamiliar phone number on trustgh.com before making payments, sharing personal information, or engaging in business transactions, and to report suspicious numbers to help strengthen the platform’s database.
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