Gen X encountered extortion scams at 35% and fell victim at 15%.

Only 14% of younger generation scam victims report scam to authorities.

Nearly half of users (44%) encounter mobile scams daily.

28% of Gen Z have fallen victim to extortion scams.

Over half of scam victims (52%) suffer financial loss or fraud.

Three in four (75%) of users have encountered social engineering attempts like phishing and impersonation scams.

Exposure to mobile scams is highest in the US (51%) and UK (49%), and notably lower in DACH (38%).

Nearly half (46%) of scam victims struggle with mental health effects like anxiety, depression and lost trust.

One in four users (25%) say they have stopped caring, accepting scams as an inevitable cost of being online.

58% of Gen Z have encountered extortion scams, including deepfakes and sextortion.

Two-thirds of people are worried about the future of AI and how realistic scams are going to become.

Three-quarters of scam victims (75%) report serious emotional consequences.

36% of users have fallen victim to a mobile scam.

More than a quarter (27%) of scam victims lose access to critical digital assets like accounts, devices or irreplaceable files.

Only 14% of younger generation scam victims report scam to authorities.

Boomers encountered extortion scams at 23% and fell victim at 7%.

Only 17% of scam victims report scams to authorities.