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What the numbers say

Official figures from fraud agencies, with a link to each, and counts of reader reports a person has checked. We keep the two apart.

21scam write-ups, each with sources
0reader reports checked by a person
0links, numbers and emails in the checker

Official figures for 2025

From the US Federal Trade Commission and the FBI. Losses are what people reported, and most fraud goes unreported.
About 3 millionfraud reports to the FTC in 2025 [1]
$7.9 billionlost to investment scams, the biggest losses [1]
$3.5 billionreported lost to imposter scams [2]
1,008,597complaints to the FBI’s IC3 [3]
Almost $21 billionreported lost to the FBI’s IC3 [3]
181,565crypto complaints, over $11 billion lost [3]

Sources

  1. US Federal Trade Commission: FTC testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on its efforts to combat fraud (25 Mar 2026)
  2. US Federal Trade Commission: FTC data show people reported losing $3.5 billion to imposter scams in 2025 (15 Jun 2026)
  3. Homeland Security Today, reporting the FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report: Cryptocurrency and AI scams cost U.S. almost $21 billion in 2025
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