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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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Bitcoin sextortion scams account for 12% of malicious PDF attachments.

Barracuda4/28/2025
SextortionPDF

Callback scams now account for nearly one in five attempts.

VIPRE Security Group4/28/2025
Email

The FBI received 36,002 complaints about tech support scams in 2024 (versus 37,560 in 2023 and 32,538 in 2022).

FBI4/23/2025
Fraud

The FBI received 7097 complaints about advanced fee scams in 2024 (versus 8,045 in 2023 and 11,264 in 2022).

FBI4/23/2025
FraudAdvanced fee scam

The FBI received 12,876 complaints about credit card/check fraud in 2024 (versus 13,718 in 2023 and 22,985 in 2022).

FBI4/23/2025
FraudCredit card fraud

The FBI received 859,532 complaints in total in 2024.

FBI4/23/2025
Fraud

The FBI received 587 complaints about botnets in 2024 (versus 540 in 2023 and 568 in 2022).

FBI4/23/2025
FraudBotnet

The FBI received 17,910 complaints about confidence fraud/romance scams in 2024 (versus 17,823 in 2023 and 19,021 in 2022).

FBI4/23/2025
FraudRomance scam

The FBI received 17,367 complaints about government impersonation in 2024 (versus 14,190 in 2023 and 11,554 in 2022).

FBI4/23/2025
FraudImpersonation

The FBI received 21,442 complaints about business email compromise scams in 2024 (versus 21,489 in 2023 and 21,832 in 2022).

FBI4/23/2025
FraudBEC

70% of Indonesians stated they would view their bank more positively if it intervened in real time to prevent a suspected scam payment

FICO3/27/2025
IndonesiaFraud

57% of Indonesians said friends or family members had been scammed.

FICO3/27/2025
Indonesia

66% of Indonesians reported exposure to messages from scammers.

FICO3/27/2025
Indonesia

The share of high-value scam losses exceeding Rp 70 million (USD$4,300) has risen to 8% in 2024.

FICO3/27/2025
Indonesia

56% of consumers encountered scam attempts at least monthly in 2024.

F-Secure3/26/2025
Consumers