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Android mobile adware surges in second half of 2025
12/17/2025
Holiday scams 2025: These common shopping habits make you the easiest target
11/20/2025
AI-driven scams are preying on Gen Z’s digital lives
10/14/2025
iPhone vs. Android: iPhone users more reckless, less protected online
7/24/2025
2025 Mobile Scam Report
6/10/2025
72% of people are worried their data is being misused by the government, and that’s not all…
4/9/2025
Recent Statistics & Reports
Only 14% of younger generation scam victims report scam to authorities.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scams
36% of users have fallen victim to a mobile scam.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scams
Three in four (75%) of users have encountered social engineering attempts like phishing and impersonation scams.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scamsPhishing
Exposure to mobile scams is highest in the US (51%) and UK (49%), and notably lower in DACH (38%).
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scamsUK
Gen X encountered extortion scams at 35% and fell victim at 15%.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scamsExtortion
Only 14% of younger generation scam victims report scam to authorities.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scams
Nearly half (46%) of scam victims struggle with mental health effects like anxiety, depression and lost trust.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scams
Boomers encountered extortion scams at 23% and fell victim at 7%.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scamsExtortion
One in four users (25%) say they have stopped caring, accepting scams as an inevitable cost of being online.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scams
Over half of scam victims (52%) suffer financial loss or fraud.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scamsFinancial loss
Only 17% of scam victims report scams to authorities.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scams
58% of Gen Z have encountered extortion scams, including deepfakes and sextortion.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scamsDeepfakes
More than a quarter (27%) of scam victims lose access to critical digital assets like accounts, devices or irreplaceable files.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scams
Two-thirds of people are worried about the future of AI and how realistic scams are going to become.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scamsAI
Three-quarters of scam victims (75%) report serious emotional consequences.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scams
Only 15% of people strongly agree they could detect a scam.
6/10/2025•
Scams
Nearly half of users (44%) encounter mobile scams daily.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scams
28% of Gen Z have fallen victim to extortion scams.
6/10/2025•
ScamsMobile scamsExtortion
The majority of users (66%) state it is hard to tell apart a scam from the real thing.
6/10/2025•
Scams
70% believe "we will never have simple, meaningful ways to protect our data".
4/9/2025•
Personal informationConsumerData misuse
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