9% of victims with any financial impact were able to resolve their cases.

85% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland say it is hard to tell a scam apart from the real thing, up from 66% in 2025.

Exposure to AI fraud or scams is 67% for Gen Z, 51% for Millennials, 46% for Gen X, and 30% for Boomers and older.

67% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland worry about voice cloning.

One in three daily AI users in the surveyed countries say it is okay to generate explicit images of someone without their consent.

Account-problems scams are the highest-volume scam type, with 74% of victims sharing high-value personally identifiable information (PII).

18% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland say it is okay to use AI to generate explicit images of someone they do not know.

0% of victims who experienced three or more financial impacts reported a resolution.

19% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have turned off voicemail recordings to prevent voice cloning.

88% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland say it is becoming harder to tell what online content is genuinely human or real.

Scams involving the sharing of personal information accounted for 36.1% of identity compromises, down from 43.1% the previous year.

Attempted misuse cases caught by financial institutions increase by 26.8%.

50% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have experienced some form of AI fraud or scam.

81% of parents in the surveyed countries fear their child's likeness will be stolen.

19% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have experienced AI-driven identity harm, rising to 30% among Gen Z.

84% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland say convincing video evidence no longer feels like proof.

49% of Colorado residents reported multi-layered identity incidents, the highest rate among states.

Exposure to AI fraud or scams is 56% in the United States, 48% in the UK, and 47% in the DACH region.

Unauthorized access to computers and mobile devices accounted for 27.2% of identity compromises, a 78% increase from 15.3% the previous year.

32% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland say it is okay to use AI to imitate someone's voice or appearance for personal use.