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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22% of organisations were able to recover 75% or more of the funds lost due to payments fraud in 2024. This is a sharp decrease from 2023 when 41% of organisations recovered the same amount.
Vendor imposter fraud, cited by 45% of respondents, saw an 11-percentage-point increase in incidences from the previous survey.
Business email compromise (BEC) remained the No. 1 avenue for attempted and actual payments fraud in 2024, cited by 63% of respondents.
Third-party impersonations, reported by 63% of respondents, remained the most frequent type of BEC scam.
ACH credits saw more BEC scam activity in 2024 than in the prior year, rising to 50% from 47% of respondents reporting incidents.
Checks continue to be the payment method most often subjected to payments fraud, with 63% of respondents experiencing attempted or actual fraud via checks in 2024.
47% of financial technology decision-makers surveyed said their company does not regularly train employees on fraud and cyberawareness, leaving these firms more vulnerable .
There was a nearly fourfold increase in fraud targeting deposit accounts—from 2% to almost 8% in the second half of 2024.
Synthetic fraud saw a decline, dropping from 1% to 0.75% during 2H 2024.
Among organisations with over 10,000 employees, 20% have an annual direct and indirect identity fraud cost of over $50 million.
There was a 1,033% surge in utility account fraud over the past year.
There was an almost 500% increase in student loan scams over the past year.
58% of respondents said that they are concerned that stricter fraud controls will frustrate consumers.
69% of organisations reported increased fraud attempts.
Organisations that invested in IDV solutions reported savings averaging $8 million.
51% of respondents said fraud is more common when using username and password alone.
Compared to those investing at an average level, high investors into IDV solutions are 2.7x more likely to believe they have a competitive advantage.
74% of organizations plan on increasing their investments in IDV solutions in the future.
Organisations with over 5,000 employees have an annual direct identity fraud cost of $13 million on average.
Identity fraud costs organisations an average of $7 million annually.