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Telecommunications identity theft averaged above 9%.

First-party fraud averaged just above 3% overall.

Demand Deposit Account (DDA) identity theft averaged above 10%, a new high for the industry.

Synthetic fraud rates fluctuated during 1H 2025, initially rising to cross the 1% threshold before dropping back to around 70 basis points.

Demand deposit accounts: High risk, with identity theft at 7.85% and synthetic fraud at 1.17%.

Other consumer lending: The lowest fraud exposure, with 0.77% identity theft and 0.14% synthetic fraud.

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.

Synthetic fraud rate dropped from roughly 67 basis points to 48 basis points, averaging 58 basis points.

Other consumer lending identity theft averaged 0.75%.

A bot attack briefly pushed identity theft rates at one major auto-lending partner to nearly 35%.

A bot attack flooded one auto-lending partner with more than 10,000 fraudulent applications per day.

Identity theft rates peaked at 6.75% in the week of Christmas 2025.

Credit card identity theft averaged 2.82%.

Auto lending identity theft averaged 4.21%.

Telecommunications experienced the highest overall fraud rates: 10.15% identity theft and 2.9% synthetic fraud.

A coordinated fraud ring stole identities from Texas death row inmates.

The Miami auto bust-out ring has resulted in more than 700 stolen vehicles and at least $40 million in losses across multiple lenders.

Credit cards: Identity theft rate averages 2.68%, with 0.37% involving synthetic fraud.

Auto lending: Identity theft averages 3.28%, while synthetic fraud accounts for 0.80%.