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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Vendor imposter fraud, cited by 45% of respondents, saw an 11-percentage-point increase in incidences from the previous survey.
ACH credits saw more BEC scam activity in 2024 than in the prior year, rising to 50% from 47% of respondents reporting incidents.
Third-party impersonations, reported by 63% of respondents, remained the most frequent type of BEC scam.
"Classic" BEC scams, saw a significant decline, with 49% of respondents reporting incidents in 2024 compared to 57% in 2023.
79% of organisations were victims of attempted or actual payments fraud activity in 2024. This is down very slightly from 2023.
22% of organisations were able to recover 75% or more of the funds lost due to payments fraud in 2024. This is a sharp decrease from 2023 when 41% of organisations recovered the same amount.
47% of financial technology decision-makers surveyed said their company does not regularly train employees on fraud and cyberawareness, leaving these firms more vulnerable .
There was a nearly fourfold increase in fraud targeting deposit accounts—from 2% to almost 8% in the second half of 2024.
Synthetic fraud saw a decline, dropping from 1% to 0.75% during 2H 2024.
There was a 46% rise in personal document theft leading to identity theft in 2024
Organisations with over 5,000 employees have an annual direct identity fraud cost of $13 million on average.
Among organisations with over 10,000 employees, 20% have an annual direct and indirect identity fraud cost of over $50 million.
There was a 1,033% surge in utility account fraud over the past year.
58% of respondents said that they are concerned that stricter fraud controls will frustrate consumers.
21% of organisations reported fraud attempts against facial biometric liveness detection.
70% of respondents agreed that investing in technology is the best way to mitigate the financial risk of identity fraud.
Compared to those investing at an average level, high investors into IDV solutions are 2.2x more likely to see savings compared to companies investing the same or less.
Organisations that invested in IDV solutions reported savings averaging $8 million.
Identity fraud costs organisations an average of $7 million annually.
74% of organizations plan on increasing their investments in IDV solutions in the future.