TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s digital affairs ministry said Friday that it confirmed 3,401 fraud cases last week, a 32.16% increase week-on-week.

From April 27 to May 3, the ministry’s scam reporting platform logged 4,922 suspected scams, per CNA. Officials urged the public to stay alert and use the platform’s mobile app to verify suspicious messages.

Deputy Minister Lin Yi-ching (林宜敬) said the platform is in its second phase of public testing. Although a spike in downloads temporarily disrupted app access, it is now functional, with reports forwarded directly to law enforcement for follow-up.

The ministry explained that nearly 93% of confirmed scams originated from Meta platforms, followed by Line, scam websites, Google, and TikTok. Reports involving Line and scam websites rose, while Meta-related scams slightly declined.

Financial scams topped the list, accounting for more than half of all cases and rising 6.95% from the previous week. Identity impersonation fell sharply, while product and service scams climbed more than 30%.

The agency warned that scammers have used fake Line login pages to hijack accounts by resetting passwords. In response, Line has launched a re-login feature that allows users to recover access. It is available only on version 15.4.0 or later.