Fraud
We've curated 570 cybersecurity statistics about Fraud to help you understand how tactics like phishing, identity theft, and payment fraud are evolving in 2025, impacting businesses and consumers alike in our increasingly digital world.
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Zambia reported the highest rate of suspected digital fraud during account creation attempts at 11.5%, exceeding the 8.3% global average.
Botswana and Zambia both reached a low suspected digital fraud rate of 1.0% in H1 2025, signaling steep progress in fraud mitigation.
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.
UK fraud leaders reported losing the equivalent of 7.4% of revenue to fraud, totaling £88 billion, which is an increase from 5.7% in 2024.
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%).
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.
5% of digital account creation attempts from Latin American countries were suspected to be digital fraud in H1 2025.
Phishing was reported by 34% of targeted consumers as a leading type of fraud experienced.
8.3% of all digital account creation attempts globally were suspected of fraud in H1 2025, making account creation the highest risk stage in the consumer lifecycle.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of consumers in the Philippines reported being targeted by fraud schemes, one of the highest rates globally.
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.
64% of US business leaders indicated fraudsters increased their attacks on call centers in the past year, up from 44% in 2024.
83% of leaders at gig economy organisations expect fraud tool spending to increase or hold steady in 2026.
19% of manipulation concerns in the gig economy by 2026 will be related to app cloning.
24% of respondents cite collusion as a top concern for the gig economy in 2026.