Fraud
We've curated 532 cybersecurity statistics about Fraud to help you understand how tactics like phishing, identity theft, and payment fraud are evolving in 2025, impacting businesses and consumers alike in our increasingly digital world.
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26% of banks and 32% of fintech companies reported facing cases where users presented counterfeit or altered documents.
71% of banking respondents indicated that fraud prevention is a priority for their organization.
76% of banks and 78% of fintech companies reported needing more personnel to manage fraud risk effectively.
In 2025, the sectors most affected by fraud included online media & dating (6.3%), financial services (2.7%), and crypto (2.2%).
40% of fintech companies reported that onboarding is the core fraud battleground, highlighting the importance of this stage in fraud prevention.
32% of fraud in Latin America is attributed to phone and voice scams, making it the most common type of fraud in the region.
In 2025, 40% of companies and 52% of end users reported being victims of fraud.
The highest fraud rates were recorded in Iraq (9.7%), Pakistan (5.9%), and Tanzania (5.0%).
Cambodia recorded the highest ratio of approved applicants linked to fraud networks in APAC at 17%.
38% of banks expect their identity verification budgets to grow by 21-50% in the coming years.
46% of respondents reported that up to 75% of banking identity verification processes are currently automated.
Fraud rates dropped in Europe by 14.6% and in North America by 5.5%, while increasing by 9.3% in Africa, 16.4% in APAC, and 19.8% in the Middle East.
47% of consumers in Latin America identify fraud and scams as their biggest frustration when making digital transactions.
30% of banks reported that they face synthetic identity fraud, which blends fake and real personal data to bypass verification.
In 2025, deepfakes were linked to 20% of biometric fraud attempts.
Fraud attempts peaked between 2:00 am and 4:00 am UTC.
In 2025, digital forgeries made up 35% of document fraud, up from an average of 29% between 2022 and 2024.
National ID cards accounted for 46% of all fraudulent document submissions globally.
Account takeover fraud accounted for 82% of fraud attempts targeting the authentication process in the payments industry.
Injection attacks surged by 40% year-over-year.