Country Insights on Identity Fraud: Denmark’s Battle in the Dark
In Denmark, digital trust is strong, but fraud is catching up fast.
This report is one of nine country deep-dives from The Battle in the Dark, Signicat’s study based on insights from 900 fraud and risk experts across Europe. It reveals how fraud is exploiting gaps in the national eIDs and document validation, challenging a highly secure market.
Download the Denmark report to see how confidence meets rising fraud stakes.
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This report is for you if you...
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Design or manage onboarding, KYC, risk, or fraud controls
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Operate or want to operate in Denmark, and need local fraud intelligence
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Need regional data to justify investment in fraud prevention
What's inside Denmark's report
✔ Denmark’s fraud trends: Rising success despite strong digital identity.
✔ Key tactics: Document forgery, synthetic IDs and account takeover.
✔ Business impact: The highest revenue loss reported of all 9 countries.
✔ Preparedness: High confidence vs gaps in measurement and tracking.
✔ Strategic recommendations tailored to Denmark's and Nordics infrastructure.
A Glimpse at Denmark's Numbers
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Danish organisations report rising successful fraud
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Annual revenue is impacted by fraud, the highest in Europe
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Denmark firms cite document forgery as the costliest fraud method
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Strong digital identity (BankID) keeps attempts low, but targeted attacks are increasingly successful, especially at the transaction stage.
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Finland faces the steepest rise in both attempted and successful fraud. Account takeover and social engineering are on the rise during transactions.
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Fraud attempts are rising in line with Europe, but many organisations are flying blind. With only 35% measuring fraud impact, success rates are climbing under the radar.
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Diverse identity systems create gaps. Social engineering and account takeover dominate, particularly at login and payment points.
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BankID secures onboarding, but fraud is shifting to document forgery, login and transaction stages, where overconfidence may hide new risks.
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Even with strict compliance, fraud grows as social engineering and account takeover exploit human and process gaps.