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Creator repository · Data Desk · October 2026

Figures you can defend on camera.

Thirty figures on scale, scam types, who carries the most harm and what has cut losses, each read at the issuing body's own page in October 2026, with its date, its type and a direct link. Reported losses are what people told an agency they lost, and they are always lower than the real total, because most fraud is never reported.

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Paired bars, Australia 2023-24. People with disability against people without: any personal fraud 18.1% against 12.9%; card fraud 11.7% against 9.3%; scams 4.4% against 2.6%; online impersonation 3.1% against 1.6%; identity theft 1.8% against 0.9%.People who experienced fraud in the past year, Australia, 2023-24People with disabilityPeople without disabilityAny personal fraud18.1%12.9%Card fraud11.7%9.3%Scams4.4%2.6%Online impersonation3.1%1.6%Identity theft1.8%0.9%Australian Bureau of Statistics, Disability and Crime, 20 November 2025. People aged 15 and over.
Disabled people experience more of every kind of personal fraud measured. Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2023-24.
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Paired bars, United States 2023. Victims who did not get all their money back: bank account fraud 39.2% of people without savings for a US$400 emergency against 20.0% of people with three months of savings; other fraud, not cards, 40.5% against 24.1%.Victims who did not get all their money back, United States, 2023No savings for a US$400 emergencySavings for three monthsBank account fraud39.2%20%Other fraud, not cards40.5%24.1%Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 8 October 2025, from the Federal Reserve's 2024 household survey.
People without savings are about twice as likely to be left without all their money back. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
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Bars. 58% of scammed households with income under US$80,000 reported moderate or severe hardship, against 29% of households with US$80,000 or more.Scammed households reporting moderate or severe financial hardship, United StatesIncome under US$80,00058%Income US$80,000 or more29%Gallup survey for the Stop Scams Alliance, June 2026.
The same scam costs lower-income households more. Gallup for the Stop Scams Alliance, June 2026.
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Bars for the European Economic Area in 2024. People carried 85% of bank-transfer fraud losses, 38% of card fraud losses and 26% of e-money fraud losses. Payment providers carried the rest.Share of fraud losses carried by the person, European Economic Area, 2024Bank transferPerson 85%Provider 15%CardPerson 38%Provider 62%E-money (money held in an app)Person 26%Provider 74%
Who carries the loss depends on how the money moved. European Banking Authority and European Central Bank, 2024 data.
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Two pairs of bars. In low- and middle-income countries in 2025, 810 million women and 595 million men did not use mobile internet. In Australia in 2023-24, 3.5% of women and 2.7% of men experienced a scam.Women and men in two measuresNot using mobile internet, low- and middle-income countries, 2025Women810 millionMen595 millionExperienced a scam in the past year, Australia, 2023-24Women3.5%Men2.7%GSM Association, Mobile Gender Gap Report 2026 (10 June 2026); Australian Bureau of Statistics, Personal Fraud 2023-24.
Women are less likely to be online, and slightly more likely to be scammed where it is measured. GSM Association; Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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The figures

FigureWhat it measuresSource and date
US$20.9 billionLost to internet crime reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2025, across 1,008,597 complaints
United States · Reported losses		Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Report 2025, April 2026
US$15.9 billionFraud losses reported to the Federal Trade Commission in 2025, from 3 million reports
United States · Reported losses		Federal Trade Commission, testimony to the Joint Economic Committee, 25 March 2026
US$2.1 billionReported losses to the Federal Trade Commission in 2025 from scams that began on social media
United States · Reported losses		Federal Trade Commission, 27 April 2026
£1.28 billionStolen through payment fraud in 2025; £576.4 million of it through scams where people were tricked into sending money
United Kingdom · Reported losses		UK Finance, Annual Fraud Report 2026, June 2026
A$2.18 billionReported scam losses across five Australian sources in 2025
Australia · Reported losses		National Anti-Scam Centre, Targeting Scams Report 2025, 30 March 2026
C$704 millionLost to fraud across more than 112,000 reports in 2025
Canada · Reported losses		Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, 25 February 2026
S$913.1 millionLost across 37,308 scam cases in 2025, down from about S$1.1 billion
Singapore · Reported losses		Singapore Police Force, Annual Scam and Cybercrime Brief 2025, 25 February 2026
1 in 7Frauds that reach the police or Report Fraud
England and Wales · Official survey		Office for National Statistics, Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2026, 22 October 2026
US$7.228 billionLost to cryptocurrency investment fraud reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2025, across 61,559 complaints
United States · Reported losses		Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Report 2025, April 2026
US$1.4 billionLost to recovery scams in 2025, across 10,516 complaints (may include the earlier scam)
United States · Reported losses		Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Report 2025, April 2026
US$389 millionLost through cryptocurrency kiosks in 2025, across 13,460 complaints
United States · Reported losses		Federal Bureau of Investigation, 15 May 2026
US$362.9 millionLost to employment fraud in 2025, across 24,688 complaints
United States · Reported losses		Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Report 2025, April 2026
US$3.5 billionReported lost to imposter scams in 2025
United States · Reported losses		Federal Trade Commission, 15 June 2026
US$90m to US$501mReported losses to job scams, 2020 to 2024
United States · Reported losses		Federal Trade Commission, 10 March 2025
US$470 millionLost to text scams in 2024; fake delivery texts were the top type
United States · Reported losses		Federal Trade Commission, Data Spotlight, 14 April 2025
Up 102.4%Job scam reports in 2025; losses up 81.5% to A$24.8 million
Australia · Reported losses		National Anti-Scam Centre, Targeting Scams Report 2025, 30 March 2026
1 in 5Complaints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2025 came from people aged 60 and over, who reported US$7.7 billion, 37% of the money lost
United States · Reported losses		Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Report 2025, April 2026
26.5% of lossesReported by people aged 65 and over, who are 17.1% of the population (2025)
Australia · Reported losses		National Anti-Scam Centre, Targeting Scams Report 2025, 30 March 2026
18.1% vs 12.9%Disabled people and people without disability who experienced personal fraud in a year (2023-24)
Australia · Official survey		Australian Bureau of Statistics, Disability and Crime, 20 November 2025
66.6% vs 74.5%Disabled and non-disabled card fraud victims who got a full refund (2023-24)
Australia · Official survey		Australian Bureau of Statistics, Disability and Crime, 20 November 2025
18% vs 9%Disabled adults and all adults who experienced fraud in 2025
New Zealand · Official survey		Ministry of Justice, New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey, 7 May 2026
39.2% vs 20.0%Bank-fraud victims without all their money back: no savings for a US$400 emergency against three months of savings (2023)
United States · Official survey analysis		Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 8 October 2025
58% vs 29%Scammed households reporting moderate or severe hardship: under US$80,000 against US$80,000 or more
United States · Survey		Gallup for the Stop Scams Alliance, June 2026
US$400Median fraud loss for adults earning under US$50,000 in 2025; 20% of all adults experienced fraud or a scam
United States · Official survey		Federal Reserve Board, Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2025, 13 May 2026
810m vs 595mWomen and men not using mobile internet; women name safety and security as their top barrier
Low- and middle-income countries · Industry survey		GSM Association, Mobile Gender Gap Report 2026, 10 June 2026
2.2 billionPeople not using the internet in 2025
World · Official estimate		International Telecommunication Union, Facts and Figures 2025, 17 November 2025
54% to 65%Share of scam losses by value refunded before and after banks were made to pay (97% of claims the rule covers)
United Kingdom · Official evaluation		Frontier Economics for the Payment Systems Regulator, 1 July 2026
70%Fraud incidents with a loss where the victim was fully reimbursed (85% for bank and credit account fraud)
England and Wales · Official survey		Office for National Statistics, 26 March 2026
85% vs 38%Share of fraud losses carried by the person: bank transfers against card payments (2024)
European Economic Area · Official data		European Banking Authority and European Central Bank, 15 December 2025
77,484 to 388Investment scam adverts detected each week, 2024 peak to June 2026, after advertiser checks
Taiwan · Official data		Ministry of Digital Affairs, Taiwan, 17 July 2026

The Data Desk is updated when each issuing body publishes new figures.

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