Fraud Statistics

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TsarBot targeted 450 banking apps and accounted for 58% of its global activity.

TsarBotMobile MalwareBanking FraudBanking AppsFinancial Services

CopyBara targeted 446 banking apps.

CopyBaraMobile MalwareBanking FraudBanking AppsFinancial Services

Hook targeted 385 banking apps.

HookMobile MalwareBanking FraudBanking AppsFinancial Services

70% of young adults ages 18 to 22 experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.

AI Scams

50% of the general population experienced an AI-related scam in the past year.

AI Scams

24% of young adults have been a victim of an extortion scam.

ExtortionAI Scams

72% of African member countries reported the presence of scam centres.

FraudScamsCybercrimeAfrica

14% of reported cybercrime cases in Africa in 2025 involved identity theft and financial fraud.

AfricaIdentity TheftFinancial Fraud

15% of executives are targeted by social media imposter accounts.

Social MediaFraudExecutive SecurityImposter Accounts

36% of restaurants experienced fraudulent refund requests as a form of social engineering in the past year.

FraudSocial EngineeringRestaurant

30% of restaurants experienced AI-generated voice or video impersonating executives to authorize fraudulent payments in the past year.

DeepfakesFraudRestaurant

Adoption of AI-powered fraud detection grew by 71% year-on-year.

FraudDetectionAIAI-Powered Fraud DetectionDefensive AI

Detected threats increased by 77% as fraudsters use AI to scale and personalize harmful messaging.

FraudThreat DetectionAI

44% of security leaders use AI-based solutions for threat detection and fraud prevention.

Threat DetectionFraud PreventionAI Security Tools

19% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have turned off voicemail recordings to prevent voice cloning.

Voice CloningAI ScamsAI FraudConsumer

85% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland say it is hard to tell a scam apart from the real thing, up from 66% in 2025.

AI FraudAI ScamsDeepfakesConsumer

88% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland say it is becoming harder to tell what online content is genuinely human or real.

AI FraudAI ScamsDeepfakesConsumer

Account-problems scams are the highest-volume scam type, with 74% of victims sharing high-value personally identifiable information (PII).

Identity Theft Resource CenterITRC 2026 Trends in Identity Report·3mo ago
ScamsPersonal DataConsumer

25.6% of identity crime victims managed two or more concurrent incidents, up from 23.5% the previous year.

Identity Theft Resource CenterITRC 2026 Trends in Identity Report·3mo ago
Identity CrimeMulti-Layered FraudConsumer

62.1% of attempted misuse cases involved new account applications, and 37.9 percent involved attempted account takeovers.

Identity Theft Resource CenterITRC 2026 Trends in Identity Report·3mo ago
Account FraudIdentity CrimeAccount TakeoverConsumer

14% of consumers report falling victim to a scam in the past year.

Consumer FraudOnline Scams

Approximately 5.2% of SMS messages (about 1 in 20) exhibit characteristics consistent with scam infrastructure or coordinated fraud activity.

SMS FraudOnline ScamsConsumer Fraud

More than 23 million incoming calls are classified as unwanted, meaning about 1 in 6 calls reaching protected devices is fraudulent or unsolicited.

Phone FraudVoice FraudOnline ScamsConsumer Fraud

FAMOUS CHOLLIMA doubled its operations using AI-generated identities to infiltrate cryptocurrency exchanges, fintech platforms, and consumer banks.

AI-Generated IdentitiesCryptocurrencyFinancial FraudDeepfakesFinancial Services

34% of Americans cite credit card fraud as their top concern.

Credit Card FraudUS

54% of Americans aged 35 to 44 are concerned about peer-to-peer scams.

Peer-to-Peer FraudUS

More than half of Americans under 35 are concerned about deepfake scams.

FraudDeepfakesUS

Nearly 40 million U.S. consumers report being scam victims in the past year.

ScamsUSConsumer Security

51% of consumers are willing to pay for scam protection.

Scam ProtectionConsumer Security

19% of consumers report being scammed.

ScamsConsumer Security

72% of small businesses experienced fraud, scams, or ransomware last year.

Public Private Strategies Institute (PPSI)Fraud, Scams, and Ransomware: Small Businesses React·4mo ago
Small BusinessFraudRansomwareScams

43% of affected small businesses say fraud makes it harder to accept payments.

Public Private Strategies Institute (PPSI)Fraud, Scams, and Ransomware: Small Businesses React·4mo ago
Small BusinessFraudPayments

71% of small business owners expect AI to make fraud more prevalent.

Public Private Strategies Institute (PPSI)Fraud, Scams, and Ransomware: Small Businesses React·4mo ago
AIFraudSmall BusinessAI Risk

81% of fraud prevention, risk, and compliance professionals report an increase in mule-related activity over the past year.

Mule AccountsFinancial FraudRisk ManagementFraudFraud Prevention

More than 80% of fraud prevention, risk, and compliance professionals report that mule activity is detected reactively rather than prevented before suspicious transactions occur.

Mule AccountsFraud DetectionRisk ManagementFraudFraud Prevention

78% of financial institutions make improving mule account detection a high or top priority over the next 12 months.

Financial InstitutionsFraud DetectionFraud PreventionFraudMule Accounts

Total ACH payment value increased 11%, creating a nearly 5-to-1 divergence.

Payments FraudACHFraud

Phishing and transfer fraud accounted for roughly 30% of all manufacturing claims.

PhishingTransfer FraudManufacturing

The average transfer fraud event costs roughly ten times more than the average email compromise in manufacturing claims.

Transfer FraudPhishingFinancial LossManufacturing

A single low-cost device model drove 3% of all mobile account takeover attempts.

Account TakeoverMobile Account TakeoverFraud