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%.

Social Media was the starting point for 17% of scams (a decrease from 23% in 2024).

15% of white Americans who encountered a scam reported losing money.

Of those who encountered a digital scam or cyberattack, 19% lost money.

Three out of four scam attempts (74%) began through email, on social media, in text messages, or through a messaging app.

37% of Black Americans who encountered a scam reported losing money.

29% of consumers have a browser extension that blocks trackers (up from 25% in 2024).

33% of consumers have identity theft protection services (up from 28% in 2024).

86% of consumers require a password, PIN, or other method to unlock their smartphone.

81% of consumers use multifactor authentication (MFA) to log in to at least one online account.

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.

69% of consumers said they had never had an online account taken over by scammers.

Scams beginning over a text message or messaging app rose significantly to 30% in 2025, up from 20% in 2024.

65% of consumers use a unique password across their different accounts.

Email was the starting point for 27% of scams.

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).

Of all Americans, 9% lost money to a cyberattack or digital scam.