Report by SentiLink

The SentiLink Fraud Report: 2H 2025

10 FINDINGSPublished Mar 10, 2026
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Key Findings

Other consumer lending identity theft averaged 0.75%.

Consumer LendingIdentity Theft

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

Auto LendingBot Attacks

First-party fraud averaged just above 3% overall.

First-Party FraudIdentity Fraud

Telecommunications identity theft averaged above 9%.

TelecommunicationsIdentity Theft

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

BankingIdentity TheftDemand Deposit Account

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

Synthetic FraudIdentity Fraud

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

Auto LendingApplication Fraud

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

FraudIdentity TheftSeasonal Fraud

Credit card identity theft averaged 2.82%.

Credit Card Identity TheftIdentity Theft

Auto lending identity theft averaged 4.21%.

Auto LendingIdentity Theft