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CTO, Head of Engineering

E-commerce & Marketplaces

Verified Taiwan data

Market-level figure, not a per-company loss estimate.

22.4% online shopping, 13.98% fake investment, 8.08% romance-investment

Top scam case types by accepted reports in August 2025

Official source:
National Police Agency / Criminal Investigation Bureau via Executive Yuan file
Period:
August 2025
Scope note:
Official reported case-type share. Use for sector relevance, not probability prediction.

30,000+ fraudulent and spoofed websites blocked by DNS RPZ

Fraudulent and spoofed websites blocked

Official source:
Ministry of Digital Affairs
Period:
Released July 2025
Scope note:
Official DNS blocking context. Use for fake website and impersonation risk context.

54,000 downloads / 610,000+ reports / nearly 300,000 illegal or fraudulent messages removed

MODA Fraud Buster System adoption and removals

Official source:
Ministry of Digital Affairs
Period:
2025 recap, released March 2026
Scope note:
Official public anti-fraud technology program context. Do not present as a BilgeQor metric.

8.727bn transactions / NT$8.74tn amount

Non-cash payment transaction volume and amount in 2025

Official source:
Financial Supervisory Commission
Period:
2025
Scope note:
Official payment-activity indicator. Use for payment surface exposure, not breach or fraud loss.

Likely loss areas

  • fake storefront and spoofed checkout exposure
  • customer support overload after shopping scams
  • payment redirection and refund-abuse disputes
  • brand trust loss from fraudulent ads and impersonation

Structured support changes the outcome

Visibility

With structured support

Key digital surfaces, payment flows, admin roles and external dependencies are mapped before an incident forces discovery.

Without structured support

Risks are often found only after fraud reports, user complaints, vendor review pressure or service disruption.

Prioritisation

With structured support

Security work is translated into business impact, owner, urgency and a practical remediation sequence.

Without structured support

Findings stay scattered across tools, vendors and teams, so high-impact issues may remain unresolved.

Evidence

With structured support

Leadership receives a concise security file with official market context, risk notes and follow-through actions.

Without structured support

Management may lack a clear record when customers, partners or regulators ask what was reviewed.

Incident readiness

With structured support

Access, logs, backups, vendor contacts and response priorities are prepared before a crisis.

Without structured support

Response starts under pressure, often while access ownership, evidence and communications are unclear.

Cost control

With structured support

Preventive work becomes budgetable and staged by risk.

Without structured support

Costs surface later as emergency remediation, lost time, fraud operations load or trust recovery.

BilgeQor Method

01

Market and sector evidence

Use official Taiwan fraud, payment and cybersecurity signals to frame risk without exaggerating it.

02

Exposure mapping

Map customer-facing flows, payment journeys, admin access, APIs, vendors and public forms.

03

Impact analysis

Translate findings into likely financial, operational, trust, data and partner-review impact.

04

Security file delivery

Deliver an executive-ready file with verified context, priority risks and remediation notes.

05

Follow-through

Keep risk visible through retest, advisory cadence or a focused implementation path.