Fraud vs Identity Theft
Fraud
1,085
statistics from 92 sources
Identity Theft
108
statistics from 30 sources
Latest Fraud
Half of the general population have experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.
Half of all IRS scams come by phone call.
MrBeast appears in roughly 30% of impersonation scams tracked by Malwarebytes.
TsarBot targeted 450 banking apps and accounted for 58% of its global activity.
CopyBara targeted 446 banking apps.
Hook targeted 385 banking apps.
70% of young adults ages 18 to 22 experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.
50% of the general population experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.
24% of young adults have been a victim of an extortion scam.
72% of African member countries reported the presence of scam centres.
14% of reported cybercrime cases in Africa in 2025 involved identity theft and financial fraud.
15% of executives are targeted by social media imposter accounts.
36% of restaurants experienced fraudulent refund requests as a form of social engineering in the past year.
30% of restaurants experienced AI-generated voice or video impersonating executives to authorize fraudulent payments in the past year.
Adoption of AI-powered fraud detection grew by 71% year-on-year.
Latest Identity Theft
14% of young adults have been a victim of an impersonation scam.
10% of the general population have been a victim of an impersonation scam.
14% of reported cybercrime cases in Africa in 2025 involved identity theft and financial fraud.
64% of executives have Social Security numbers exposed in breach data.
54% of executives have their Social Security numbers listed for sale on dark web marketplaces.
38% of security and IT leaders identify compromised AI identity and session theft as security incidents tied to AI systems.
One in ten adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have had explicit AI images made of them without consent.
81% of parents in the surveyed countries fear their child's likeness will be stolen.
19% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have experienced AI-driven identity harm, rising to 30% among Gen Z.
Fraudulent employment accounted for 40% of misuse cases for children and dependents.
35% of identity crime victims report losses exceeding $10,000.
Nearly 68% of identity crime victims who have not contacted the ITRC have seriously considered self-harm.
11% of identity crime victims report losses greater than $1,000,000.
More than one in ten frauds (11%) involve a synthetic identity.
Synthetic fraud showed an eight-fold global increase year over year.