Infographic: Holiday Scams & Frauds Unwrapped
Check out the highlights from the latest intelligence report from Graphika
The latest intelligence report from Graphika reveals a surge of online scams targeting holiday shoppers. With the availability of new AI technologies, scammers' tactics continue to evolve, posing new threats to the uninformed. The infographic below shows a few of the highlights of our ongoing investigation, which is part of a campaign to raise public awareness about these malicious frauds and scams.
Graphika is the most trusted provider of actionable open-source intelligence to help organizations stay ahead of emerging online events and make decisions on how to navigate them. Led by prominent innovators and technologists in the field of online discourse analysis, Graphika supports global enterprises and public sector customers across trust & safety, cyber threat intelligence, and strategic communications, spanning industries including intelligence, technology, media and entertainment, and global banking.
Related Posts
Malicious Commands: Fake Claude Code & ChatGPT Installers
Graphika identified scammers using Google ads to promote software that claims to install programs like Claude Code or ChatGPT. If people click these ads and follow the installation instructions, they may end up infecting their personal devices with malware that steals private information.
Read More
Cutting Through the Noise: Social Media Scam Tactics Targeting Financial Institutions in 2025
In 2025, fraud on social media has evolved into a fast-moving, cross-platform threat that’s harder to detect, harder to categorize, and harder to stop. Scammers are combining old-school phishing techniques with new-school tech — from AI-generated deepfakes to hybrid physical-digital tactics — to bypass detection and scale deception.
Read More
Dial F for Fraud: How Scammers Hijack Help Searches
When your customers Google "how to report fraud," they may find a scammer instead. Learn how SEO poisoning and AI search features are being weaponized against P2P payment users.
Read MoreSee How Graphika Can Help Your Team Act on This Intelligence
Graphika’s research team publishes regular insights on influence operations, disinformation, and online threats. Our platform gives your analysts continuous access to the same intelligence.