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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.

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Zambia

Botswana and Zambia both reached a low suspected digital fraud rate of 1.0% in H1 2025, signaling steep progress in fraud mitigation.

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BotswanaZambia

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.

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ScamEmail

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.

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Fraud lossUK

52% of the global population surveyed reported they were unaware of being targeted by fraud schemes.

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Among targeted consumers globally, the leading type of fraud reported was smishing (36%).

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Smishing

Vishing was reported by 33% of targeted consumers as a leading type of fraud experienced.

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Vishing

Globally, 9% of targeted consumers reported they fell victim to the fraud schemes.

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5% of digital account creation attempts from Latin American countries were suspected to be digital fraud in H1 2025.

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Account creation fraudLatin America

Phishing was reported by 34% of targeted consumers as a leading type of fraud experienced.

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Phishing

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.

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Account creation

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of consumers in the Philippines reported being targeted by fraud schemes, one of the highest rates globally.

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Philippines

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.

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Fraud lossUS

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.

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Fraud lossCanada

31% of US business leaders cited Account Takeover as the most prominent cause of fraud loss.

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Account takeoverUS

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.

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Data breach

64% of US business leaders indicated fraudsters increased their attacks on call centers in the past year, up from 44% in 2024.

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Call centerUS

83% of leaders at gig economy organisations expect fraud tool spending to increase or hold steady in 2026.

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Gig economyFraud tool spending

19% of manipulation concerns in the gig economy by 2026 will be related to app cloning.

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Gig economyApp cloning

24% of respondents cite collusion as a top concern for the gig economy in 2026.

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Gig economyCollusion