Scam
We've curated 75 cybersecurity statistics about Scam to help you understand how deceptive schemes like phishing and impersonation are evolving in 2025, making it crucial for individuals and businesses to stay vigilant against these growing threats.
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Scammer/solicitation was the top type of digital fraud, representing 1.84% of all suspected digital fraud types reported globally in H1 2025.
Nearly two in five consumers (39%) globally reported being targeted by an email, online, phone call, or text messaging fraud scheme between February and May 2025.
Scammer/solicitation fraud grew the most since H1 2021, increasing by 184%.
Of all Americans, 9% lost money to a cyberattack or digital scam.
10% of the highest income group ($100,000 or more) lost money after encountering a scam, making them the least likely income group to lose money.
Scams pretending to be a bank or credit card company was reported by 25% respondents.
Less than half (48%) of consumers regularly review their security settings at least once every six months.
The youngest adult age group (18–29) experienced a 27 percentage-point increase in encountering text scams between 2024 and 2025 (reaching 40% in 2025).
Only 8% of consumers were "very confident" that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge.
33% of Americans who use MFA said they use a passkey, which is a new digital security tool.
Nearly half of Americans (46%) reported having personally encountered a cyberattack or a digital scam attempt.
Phishing was the most common method, experienced by 39% of respondents.
Scams pretending to be tech support was reported by 25% of respondents.
86% of consumers use a strong password to access their home WiFi network.
53% of consumers have software that prevents malware or viruses.
42% of Americans use a password manager that automatically creates and stores a very strong password for each account (up from 36% last year).
68% of consumers implement software updates as soon as they are available.
29% of consumers have a browser extension that blocks trackers (up from 25% in 2024).
14% of consumers have software to encrypt files on their device (up from 10% in 2024).
16% of consumers were "not confident at all" that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge.