FIGURES
- US$503.4 million: Lost to non-payment and non-delivery scams reported to the FBI in 2025, across 56,478 complaints. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Report 2025, Apr 2026, https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2025_IC3Report.pdf
- £11.8 million: Lost to online shopping fraud in the United Kingdom between 1 November 2024 and 31 January 2025. Source: National Cyber Security Centre, 17 Nov 2025, https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/stay-alert-to-holiday-shopping-cyber-scams
- FTC: Before you buy, search online for the seller's name and the website address the advert sends you to, and pay by credit card. Source: Federal Trade Commission, holiday shopping alert, 25 Nov 2025, https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/11/how-avoid-online-shopping-scam-holiday-season

DEMAND SIGNALS (vidIQ, 25 October 2026)
- Black Friday falls on 27 November 2026; "is temu a scam" searches are up 92.5% (vidIQ).
- "Online scam" draws about 17,300 searches a month and "credit card scams" about 6,600 (vidIQ).