Suspected digital fraud volume for the video gaming industry increased by 3% from H1 2024 to H1 2025.

Nearly two in five consumers (39%) globally reported being targeted by an email, online, phone call, or text messaging fraud scheme between February and May 2025.

52% of the global population surveyed reported they were unaware of being targeted by fraud schemes.

Among targeted consumers globally, the leading type of fraud reported was smishing (36%).

5% of digital account creation attempts from Latin American countries were suspected to be digital fraud in H1 2025.

Vishing was reported by 33% of targeted consumers as a leading type of fraud experienced.

Globally, 9% of targeted consumers reported they fell victim to the fraud schemes.

Phishing was reported by 34% of targeted consumers as a leading type of fraud experienced.

US business leaders reported an average equivalent revenue loss of 9.8% due to fraud, a 46% increase from 2024, equating to USD$114 billion in total losses.

Canadian business leaders lost an equivalent of 7.2% of revenue to fraud, totaling CAD$111 billion, which is an increase from 6.2% in 2024.

31% of US business leaders cited Account Takeover as the most prominent cause of fraud loss.

Full Social Security numbers were exposed in 77% of US data breaches in H1 2025, marking an 8% increase over H1 2024 and an all-time high.

Account login was the highest risk stage in Canada, with a suspected digital fraud rate of 13.0%.

Account creation was the highest risk stage in the US, with 4.2% of attempts suspected of digital fraud.

The Telecommunications industry in the US saw the highest industry/stage fraud rate, with 37.8% of account creation transactions suspected of digital fraud.

The US Communities (online dating, forums, etc.) industry experienced the highest overall suspected fraud rate at 13.7%, driven by a 139% volume increase from H1 2022 to H1 2025.

The US suspected digital fraud rate fell to 3.5% in H1 2025 after spiking at 4.5% in H1 2024.

The suspected digital fraud rate for account logins in Hong Kong was 10.8%, more than two times higher than the global average.

The Communities (online dating, forums, etc.) industry in the UK had the highest suspected digital fraud rate at 10.0%.

34% of consumers in the surveyed Latin American countries reported being targeted by email, online, phone call, or text messaging fraud from February to May 2025.