Fraud
We've curated 532 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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A quarter (23%) of respondents admitted they’ve been tempted to commit fraud.
The greatest benefit cited ( 57% ) among those already using AI is greater workforce efficiency.
The majority (82%) of respondents said they had heard about retail fraud from friends, family, colleagues, and classmates.
15% of respondents said they had heard about retaile fraud from family.
9% of respondents said they had heard about retaile fraud from classmates.
A staggering 96% of respondents said FWA has negatively impacted citizen trust in their agency and its programs.
Privacy and security (48%) and ensuring their organization uses AI responsibly (43%) were among the top three challenges keeping government fraud fighters up at night
Respondents cited gaps in analytical skills (48%), technology (40%), and budgets (24%) among the limiting factors in fighting FWA.
97% expect to use GenAI within the next two years.
18% of respondents claimed to personally know someone involved in insider fraud.
Survey respondents estimated that approximately 16% of budgets could be saved by tackling fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in general.
Current AI adoption rates for addressing FWA are relatively low, with about half of those surveyed using AI.
Among those already using AI to confront FWA, nearly 40% cite better prioritization of fraud alerts and quicker identification of FWA as benefits.
58% of respondents have been exposed to refund hacks disguised as influencer content.
Around half of consumers on both sides of the Atlantic have been targeted by social media advertising promoting retail fraud guides and services and thinly disguised ‘refund hacks’.
45% of respondents have been targeted by ads for retail fraud guides or services on social media.
Nearly a third face significant resource limitations in fighting FWA.
The majority (82%) of respondents said they had heard about retail fraud from friends, family, colleagues, and classmates.
37% of respondents said they had heard about retaile fraud from friends.
Fraudsters were about four times more likely to use stolen identities instead of synthetic identities.