71% of small business owners expect AI to make fraud more prevalent.

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.

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.

Total ACH payment value increased 11%, creating a nearly 5-to-1 divergence.

Attempted ACH fraud value increased 52% in 2025.

In 2025, people reported more money lost to scams that started on Facebook than on any other social media platform. WhatsApp and Instagram were a distant second and third.

In 2025, nearly 30% of people who reported losing money to a scam said it started on social media

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

One in three people who reported losing money to a job or business opportunity scam in 2025 said it started on social media.

72% of small businesses experienced fraud, scams, or ransomware last year.

39% of affected small businesses say fraud makes it more difficult to innovate or develop new products.

78% of financial institutions make improving mule account detection a high or top priority over the next 12 months.

Small businesses incured at least $131 billion in losses from fraud, scams, and ransomware last year.

The number of device registration events reported by users as fraud increased 178% from 2024 to 2025.

84% of bank leaders are concerned about fraud and scams targeting their customers.

Identity theft rates peaked at 6.75% in the week of Christmas 2025.

29% of SMBs encountered deepfake schemes in the past 12 months.

Among retail Pindrop customers, non-live fraud increased 56% month-over-month in November 2025.

Non-AI fraud increased by 195% by the end of 2025.