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Figures drawn from named official reports, with sources and years. Most fraud is under-reported, so these are a floor, not a ceiling.
Headline figures on the scale of scams and fraud worldwide, drawn from official agency reports.
Reported scam and fraud losses in the United States, drawn from FTC Consumer Sentinel Network and FBI IC3 annual reports.
Reported fraud losses and case volumes in the United Kingdom, drawn from UK Finance and Action Fraud annual reports.
Reported scam losses in Australia, drawn from the ACCC National Anti-Scam Centre's Targeting Scams annual report.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for romance and confidence scams, drawn from FBI IC3 and FTC official reports.
Reported losses to fraudulent investment schemes and cryptocurrency scams, from FBI IC3, FTC, and ACCC official reports.
Reported fraud losses affecting adults aged 60 and over in the United States, drawn from FBI IC3 annual reports and FTC data.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for business email compromise fraud, drawn from FBI IC3 annual reports.
Phishing complaint volumes and attack trends from FBI IC3 and the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) official reports.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for online shopping and non-delivery fraud, drawn from FTC Consumer Sentinel Network and Action Fraud data.
Canadians reported $643.7 million in fraud losses to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre in 2024, though the CAFC estimates only 5–10% of incidents are ever reported.
Singapore recorded 51,501 scam cases and losses exceeding SGD $1.1 billion in 2024, according to the Singapore Police Force Annual Scams and Cybercrime Brief.
Ireland's payment fraud rose sharply in 2024, with investment fraud now the highest-grossing crime type, according to the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland and Central Bank of Ireland data.
New Zealand's CERT NZ recorded approximately NZD $25.7 million in direct cybercrime losses in 2024 — the highest annual total since records began in 2017.
India's Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) reported losses of approximately INR 11,333 crore (around USD 1.35 billion) to cyber fraud in just the first nine months of 2024.
Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) recorded 131,391 domestic cybercrime cases in 2024, with cyber attacks causing an estimated EUR 178.6 billion in economic damage.
French authorities estimate victims lose at least EUR 500 million per year to financial fraud, while Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr received over 420,000 cyber-assistance requests in 2024.
Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured a record 4,111 convictions and recovered NGN 364.6 billion in assets in 2024, reflecting intensifying enforcement against financial crime.
South Africa's SABRIC recorded a 86% surge in digital banking fraud incidents in 2024, with associated losses reaching ZAR 1.888 billion even as overall banking-sector fraud losses fell.
The Philippines' Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) received 10,004 cybercrime complaints in 2024 — more than three times the 2023 total — with victim losses reaching nearly PHP 198 million.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for cryptocurrency-enabled fraud, drawn from FBI IC3 and FTC official reports.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for pig-butchering (sha zhu pan) crypto investment fraud, drawn from FBI IC3 and DOJ sources.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for imposter and government-impersonation scams, drawn from FTC Consumer Sentinel and FBI IC3 official reports.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for job, employment, and task scams, drawn from FTC Data Spotlights and Consumer Sentinel official reports.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for tech-support fraud, drawn from FBI IC3 and FTC Consumer Sentinel official reports.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for scams using gift cards as the payment method, drawn from FTC Consumer Sentinel official reports.
Reported incidents and financial losses from identity theft, drawn from FTC IdentityTheft.gov reports and Javelin Strategy annual studies.
Reported losses and complaint volumes for investment fraud — including fake trading platforms, Ponzi schemes, and advance-fee investment fraud — drawn from FTC Consumer Sentinel and FBI IC3 official reports.
How reported fraud losses and report rates vary across age groups, based on FTC Consumer Sentinel and FBI IC3 data.
How reported fraud losses break down by payment method — bank transfer, cryptocurrency, gift card, and others — based on FTC and FBI IC3 data.
How scammers reach victims — by phone, email, text message, or social media — and how reported losses differ by contact channel.
The multi-year trend in reported consumer fraud losses in the United States, based on FTC Consumer Sentinel Network annual reports.
Reported scam losses linked to social media as the point of first contact, and how that figure has grown since 2020.
Reported fraud losses where victims paid using cryptocurrency, drawing on FTC Consumer Sentinel and FBI IC3 data for 2024.
How gift cards are used as a fraud payment method, which scam types rely on them most, and why the FTC flags them as a persistent risk.
Reported fraud losses where victims paid via bank transfer, wire transfer, or ACH — consistently among the highest-loss payment categories.
How reported losses to impersonation scams — government, business, and family imposters — have grown in the United States since 2020.
Reported financial losses to romance scams and confidence fraud, based on FTC Consumer Sentinel Network and FBI IC3 annual data.
Reported fraud losses for victims aged 60 and over, drawn from FTC and FBI IC3 annual reports and the FTC's Protecting Older Consumers series.
Verified statistics on fraud complaints and losses where artificial intelligence tools were identified as a factor, based on FBI IC3 data.
Verified figures on authorised push payment (APP) fraud — where victims are tricked into sending money themselves — drawn from the UK Finance Annual Fraud Report 2025 (2024 data).
Verified statistics on payment-card fraud losses — unauthorised use of debit and credit card details — from the UK Finance Annual Fraud Report 2025 (2024 data).
Verified figures on internet crime reported to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2024 — total losses, complaint volume, and the disproportionate impact on older adults.