Account-problems scams are the highest-volume scam type, with 74% of victims sharing high-value personally identifiable information (PII).

Scams involving the sharing of personal information accounted for 36.1% of identity compromises, down from 43.1% the previous year.

19% of consumers report being scammed.

52% of scam victims lose money, more than twice the 2025 rate.

Fake invoice scams account for 20% of the scams causing the most damage.

56% of consumers encounter scam attempts at least monthly.

Banking or payment scams account for 11% of the scams causing the most damage.

Nearly 40 million U.S. consumers report being scam victims in the past year.

Investment scams account for 19% of the scams causing the most damage.

45% of women are concerned about peer-to-peer scams, compared with 40% of men.

53% of Americans aged 18 to 24 are concerned about deepfake scams.

55% of Americans aged 25 to 34 are concerned about deepfake scams.

Small businesses incured at least $131 billion in losses from fraud, scams, and ransomware last year.

In 2025, nearly 30% of people who reported losing money to a scam said it started on social media

Social media was the most costly fraud contact method last year in terms of aggregate reported losses for every age group under 80, and ranked second after phone calls for those 80 and over.

Reported losses for social media scams reached $2.1 billion in 2025. This is about eight times the 2020 figure.

Nearly 60% of people who reported losing money to a romance scam in 2025 said it started on a social media platform.

72% of small businesses experienced fraud, scams, or ransomware last year.

One in three people who reported losing money to a job or business opportunity scam in 2025 said it started on social media.

More than 40% of people who lost money to a scam on social media said it started when they ordered something they’d seen in an ad