39% of Americans report being fraud victims.

46% of Americans aged 65 and older say fraud is their own responsibility if they authorize payment.

51% of Americans aged 25 to 34 believe banks should always reimburse fraud victims.

20% of fraud victims report experiencing check fraud.

More than half of Americans under 35 are concerned about deepfake scams.

55% of Americans aged 25 to 34 are concerned about deepfake scams.

53% of Americans aged 18 to 24 are concerned about deepfake scams.

Nearly 60% of Americans say they would reduce their banking relationship following a fraud event.

59% of Americans affected by fraud report stress or anxiety as a direct result.

Over 60% of Americans over 55 are concerned about impersonation scams.

79% of Americans support government legislation to address fraud.

Fake invoice scams account for 20% of the scams causing the most damage.

43% of affected small businesses say fraud makes it harder to accept payments.

More than 80% of fraud prevention, risk, and compliance professionals report that mule activity is detected reactively rather than prevented before suspicious transactions occur.

53.9% of consumers believe AI could increase the risk of online fraud

A single low-cost device model drove 3% of all mobile account takeover attempts.

In 2025 people reported far more money lost to scams on Facebook alone than they reported losing to text or email scams.

Nearly 60% of people who reported losing money to a romance scam in 2025 said it started on a social media platform.

Social media was the most costly fraud contact method last year in terms of aggregate reported losses for every age group under 80, and ranked second after phone calls for those 80 and over.

$1.1 billion, more than half the money reported lost to scams initiated on social media, was to investment scammers.