Report by Malwarebytes
Scammers are getting smarter about where they target you
Key Findings
Half of all IRS scams come by phone call.
MrBeast appears in roughly 30% of impersonation scams tracked by Malwarebytes.
Roblox experienced a 15% spike in scam activity from mid-June to mid-July.
Steam experienced a 19% spike in scam activity from mid-June to mid-July.
By Friday, people receive roughly 50% more fraudulent text messages than at the start of the week.
Seventy percent of young adults ages 18 to 22 have experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.
Nine in ten toll scams arrive by email or text.
Roughly six in ten romance scams play out on social media.
Scam text volume peaks at 12 p.m. ET, approximately 874% higher than at 1 a.m. ET.
Google's name appears in scam content at least twice as often as Amazon's name.
Half of the general population have experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.