Fraud Prevention
We've curated 41 cybersecurity statistics about fraud prevention to help you understand how emerging threats like phishing and identity theft are being countered with innovative technologies and practices in 2025.
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44% of security leaders use AI-based solutions for threat detection and fraud prevention.
50% of small business owners say financial institutions are "very responsible" for preventing and protecting against fraud.
51% of small business owners say payment platforms are "very responsible" for preventing and protecting against fraud.
More than 80% of fraud prevention, risk, and compliance professionals report that mule activity is detected reactively rather than prevented before suspicious transactions occur.
78% of financial institutions make improving mule account detection a high or top priority over the next 12 months.
Over 50% of fraud prevention, risk, and compliance professionals say account handover fraud, where control of a verified account shifts to someone else without authorization, is more difficult to detect than other types of fraud.
81% of fraud prevention, risk, and compliance professionals report an increase in mule-related activity over the past year.
51% of small business owners say business owners themselves are "very responsible" for preventing and protecting against fraud.
62% of consumers say they avoid deals that seem too good to be true.
57% of internal audit functions currently assess control weaknesses that enable fraud.
38% of internal audit functions test or strengthen fraud prevention and detection.
23% of UK consumers cite fraud detection and prevention as the most positive impact of AI in banking in 2025.
84% of decision-makers in the financial services industry reported that fraud prevention has resulted in higher rates of customer satisfaction.
41% of IT, cybersecurity, risk, and fraud leaders reported that their company has hired and onboarded a fraudulent candidate.
27% of organizations in the financial services industry spend greater than 15% of their annual budget on fraud prevention.
88% of organizations encounter deepfake or impersonation attacks at least occasionally.
More than 80% of IT, cybersecurity, risk, and fraud leaders rely on phone and video to confirm identities.
40% of IT, cybersecurity, risk, and fraud leaders believe their current defenses against AI-driven identity attacks are definitely adequate.
82% of organizations in the financial services industry stated they have increased their investment in AI-driven fraud prevention technologies.
Only 28% of IT, cybersecurity, risk, and fraud leaders consider deepfake-resistant verification tools a priority for identity and access management modernization.