‘Scams are getting so much more efficient': New study warns over half of Americans hit by fraud in 2025 - and the figure is only going to get worse
- More than half of consumers encounter scam attempts monthly, F-Secure finds
- Many think they could spot a scam – two-fifths of them went on to be victims
- Consumers are pointing toward telecoms companies when it comes to protection
New research from F-Secure claims online scams have now reached more than half of consumers, with 56% of people saying they had encountered such attempts at least once per month in 2025.
The data, cited in the company’s latest Scam Intelligence & Impacts Report based on a survey of 10,000 consumers, has revealed that half (52%) of all victims also lose money when compromised in an attack.
In fact, the number of victims losing money as a result of scams more than doubled compared with the year before.
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