More than a quarter (27%) of scam victims lose access to critical digital assets like accounts, devices or irreplaceable files.

Only 14% of younger generation scam victims report scam to authorities.

Boomers encountered extortion scams at 23% and fell victim at 7%.

Only 17% of scam victims report scams to authorities.

Scams, including authorized push payment (APP) fraud, represent 11% of cases. This is down from 16% of cases in 2023.

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

There was a 1,033% surge in utility account fraud over the past year.

Guardio detected a 604% increase in toll-related scam texts since the beginning of the year.

Steam leads the list of the most impersonated brands in phishing scams.

Scammers are taking advantage of the wave of store closures, including Joann and Forever 21, to create fake 'going out of business' sales.

Three toll collection services, SunPass, E-ZPass, and EZDrive Massachusetts, appeared in the top 10 most targeted brands by cybercriminals.

The top 10 most imitated brands in Q1 2025 are: Steam, Microsoft, Facebook/Meta, Roblox, SunPass, E-ZPass, USPS, EZDrive Massachusetts, Netflix, and WeTransfer.

There was an almost 500% increase in student loan scams over the past year.