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Scam statistics by country: latest official numbers
Each country counts scams differently, so there is no single world total. Latest official figures: India 2,268,346 incidents in 2024; US $15.9 billion reported to the FTC in 2025; UK £1.28 billion payment fraud in 2025; Canada over $704 million in 2025; Australia $2.18 billion in 2025; Singapore S$913.1 million in 2025.
This page lists what each government agency says it received. We are a private marketing company. We are not police or a bank. We cannot recover money. We only collect public numbers so you can see the pattern. Every figure below is as reported by the named agency for the named period.
Short on time? If money has just left your account, skip the tables. Go to what to do in the first hour and call your bank first.
How do I read these numbers without being misled?
Read four things before you compare anything.
- Different currencies. India is in INR. The US, Canada and Australia use dollars, but they are different dollars. The UK is in pounds. Singapore is in Singapore dollars. We have not converted anything.
- Different counters. Some agencies count complaints. Some count losses reported by banks. Some join several data sources together.
- Different periods. Most are calendar years. India uses financial years in some tables.
- Only reported scams. Many people never report. Canada's anti-fraud centre says only an estimated 5 to 10 percent of fraud is reported.
Because of this, we do not rank countries. A rising number can mean more scams. It can also mean more people are reporting.
What are the latest scam statistics for India?
| Measure | Figure | Period and agency |
|---|---|---|
| Cybercrime incidents on the national portal | 2,268,346 (up 42.08% on 2023) | Calendar 2024, Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Earlier years on the same portal | 2022: 1,029,026. 2023: 1,596,493 | Calendar 2022 and 2023, Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Losses reported by citizens | 2022: INR 2,290.24 crore. 2023: INR 7,465.18 crore. 2024: INR 22,845.73 crore | Calendar 2022 to 2024, Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Cyber fraud complaints, three years combined | More than 53,87,905 complaints, more than 1,81,271 FIRs, more than INR 56,087 crore reported | Financial years 2023-24 to 2025-26, Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Amount marked as lien and amount refunded | More than INR 9,079 crore on lien. More than INR 206 crore refunded | Financial years 2023-24 to 2025-26, Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Digital arrest and related cybercrimes reported | 1,23,672 | Calendar 2024, Department of Telecommunications |
Source: Ministry of Home Affairs, Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 432 (answered 2 Dec 2025); PIB releases of 22 Jul 2026 and 28 Jul 2026; PIB backgrounder on Sanchar Saathi (2 Dec 2025). Losses are reported by citizens and not independently audited.
What the numbers say. The government says more than INR 11,158 crore has been saved in more than 32.80 lakh complaints through the system behind helpline 1930. That is cumulative from 2021 to 30 June 2026 and it is not the same as money returned. Refunds in the three-year table are more than INR 206 crore against more than INR 56,087 crore reported. Getting money back is not assured.
For banks, news reports of the RBI annual report for 2025-26 give 10,114 fraud cases worth INR 48,021 crore. That includes 314 older cases worth INR 30,199 crore reported afresh after a 2023 Supreme Court judgment. So it is not a like-for-like rise. These figures are as carried in news. We did not open the RBI report itself.
Police FIRs are a much smaller base. The National Crime Records Bureau counted 19,466 cyber fraud cases in 2023 (Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 452, 2 Dec 2025).
What are the latest scam statistics for the United States?
| Measure | Figure | Period and agency |
|---|---|---|
| Fraud losses reported to the FTC | $15.9 billion, about 3 million reports | Calendar 2025, Federal Trade Commission |
| Same measure a year earlier | Over $12 billion, 2.6 million reports | Calendar 2024, Federal Trade Commission |
| Most reported type | Imposter scams: over 1 million reports, over $3.5 billion | Calendar 2025, Federal Trade Commission |
| Biggest losses by type | Investment scams: over $7.9 billion | Calendar 2025, Federal Trade Commission |
| Complaints and losses to the FBI | 1,008,597 complaints, $20.877 billion | Calendar 2025, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center |
| Top fraud types by loss at the FBI | Investment $8.65 billion. Business email compromise $3.05 billion. Tech support $2.13 billion. Romance $929.3 million. Government impersonation $797.9 million | Calendar 2025, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center |
| Age 60 and over at the FBI | 201,266 complaints, $7.748 billion, average loss $38,500 | Calendar 2025, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center |
Source: FTC prepared statement to the Joint Economic Committee, 25 March 2026; FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, 2025 Annual Report. Amounts are in US dollars as reported.
Do not add the FTC and FBI totals together. They are separate data sets and they overlap. The FTC also says reported losses are only a fraction of the true cost. It estimated that 2024 costs to consumers could be as high as $195.9 billion once under-reporting is counted.
The FBI groups phone-centre fraud under tech support and government impersonation. Together these had more than 80,000 complaints and losses above $2.9 billion in 2025. The FBI also reports working with Indian law enforcement, including the Central Bureau of Investigation. It says that led to about 175 arrests in 13 joint operations in 2025. Since 2022 it counts over 475 arrests across 27 operations. The report does not say what share of losses came from India-based centres, so we do not give one.
What are the latest scam statistics for the United Kingdom?
| Measure | Figure | Period and agency |
|---|---|---|
| Total payment fraud losses | £1.28 billion (up 4%) | Calendar year 2025, UK Finance |
| Unauthorised fraud (money taken without you agreeing) | £703.4 million (down 5%), 3.81 million cases | 2025, UK Finance |
| Authorised push payment fraud (you were tricked into sending) | £576.4 million (up 19%), 248,070 cases | 2025, UK Finance |
| Investment scams | £221.5 million, highest ever recorded | 2025, UK Finance |
| Purchase scams | £118.1 million, 71% of all authorised push payment cases | 2025, UK Finance |
| Advance fee and romance scams | £58.4 million and £39.2 million | 2025, UK Finance |
| Bank or police impersonation | £55.5 million, lowest since 2020 | 2025, UK Finance |
Source: UK Finance, Annual Fraud Report 2026. Amounts are in pounds sterling as reported.
UK Finance says banks reimbursed £354.3 million of authorised push payment losses in 2025, about 61 percent. A separate measure says 88 percent of in-scope losses were reimbursed in the first year of the payment rules. These two use different bases. Do not mix them.
The rules say a bank must reimburse eligible victims within five business days, with a pause allowed in set cases and a limit of 35 business days. The cap is £85,000 per claim. A claim can be refused if it is made more than 13 months after the final payment (Payment Systems Regulator, May 2025). Ask your bank how your own claim would be treated.
Reports to the police go through Report Fraud, which replaced Action Fraud on 4 December 2025 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We could not read its own 2025 totals, so none are shown here.
What are the latest scam statistics for Canada?
| Measure | Figure | Period and agency |
|---|---|---|
| Fraud reports and money lost | Over 112,000 reports, more than $704 million | Calendar 2025, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre |
| Investment fraud | 4,409 reports, $351 million | 2025, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre |
| Spear phishing | 813 reports, $67.9 million | 2025, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre |
| Relationship (romance) fraud | 1,093 reports, $63.3 million | 2025, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre |
| Job fraud | 2,148 reports, $50.6 million | 2025, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre |
| Most reports by count | Identity fraud 8,403. Investments 4,409. Service fraud 3,393 | 2025, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre |
Source: Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Top 10 frauds in 2025. Amounts are in Canadian dollars as reported.
The centre says older Canadians report the highest dollar losses and younger Canadians are being targeted more than ever. We do not give 2025 age numbers because the centre page did not show them. A separate industry survey by Payments Canada (February to March 2026, about 1,500 adults) found 47 percent of people aged 18 to 24 said they had met a scam in the past 12 months, against 30 percent of all adults. That is a survey, not police data.
What are the latest scam statistics for Australia?
| Measure | Figure | Period and agency |
|---|---|---|
| Combined reported losses | $2.18 billion (up 7.8%) | Calendar 2025, National Anti-Scam Centre |
| Scam reports | 481,523 (494,732 in 2024). 274,577 reported a loss | Calendar 2025, National Anti-Scam Centre |
| Investment scams | $837.7 million (down 11.4%) | 2025, National Anti-Scam Centre |
| Other top categories by loss | Payment redirection $166.8 million. Romance $139.9 million. Phishing $97.6 million. Remote access $69.9 million | 2025, National Anti-Scam Centre |
| Jobs and employment scams (Scamwatch only) | Losses up 81.5%, from $13.7 million to $24.8 million | 2024 to 2025, National Anti-Scam Centre |
| People aged 65 and over (Scamwatch only) | $88.8 million, 26.5% of losses, about 17.1% of the population | 2025, National Anti-Scam Centre |
Source: National Anti-Scam Centre and ACCC, Targeting scams report 2025 (March 2026). Amounts are in dollars as printed in the Australian report.
The headline total joins five data sources: Scamwatch, ReportCyber, AFCX, IDCARE and ASIC. Some figures are from Scamwatch alone. Scamwatch's own total was $334.8 million from 200,675 reports. Its median loss fell from $500 to $400, which means more people lost smaller amounts. Phishing was the most reported type with 65,361 reports, but only 2.3 percent of those reporters lost money. Shopping scams had the most people reporting a loss: 12,248.
What are the latest scam statistics for Singapore?
| Measure | Figure | Period and agency |
|---|---|---|
| Scam and cybercrime cases | 41,974, down 24.8% from 55,810 | Calendar 2025, Singapore Police Force |
| Scam cases | 37,308, down 27.6% | Calendar 2025, Singapore Police Force |
| Money lost to scams | About S$913.1 million, down 17.9% | Calendar 2025, Singapore Police Force |
| Top types by cases | E-commerce 6,703. Phishing 6,264. Job 5,575. Investment 5,462. Government officials impersonation 3,363 | 2025, Singapore Police Force |
| Top types by money lost | Investment S$336.2 million. Government officials impersonation S$242.9 million. Job S$123.5 million | 2025, Singapore Police Force |
| Latest half-year | 16,821 scam cases, about S$410.6 million lost | January to June 2026, Singapore Police Force |
Source: Singapore Police Force, Annual Scam and Cybercrime Brief 2025 (25 Feb 2026) and Mid-Year Brief 2026. Amounts are in Singapore dollars as reported.
Government officials impersonation cases more than doubled in 2025, up 123.6 percent to 3,363. The police say 81.8 percent of reported scams involved the victim making the transfer themselves. The median loss per case was S$1,644, and 5.2 percent of cases lost at least S$100,000. The police also say the money they report as recovered, about S$140.5 million, was frozen in scammer or mule accounts. It does not mean money returned to victims.
What do these numbers not tell us?
- They do not rank countries. Population, banking habits, and how easy it is to report all differ.
- They are not true totals. They are what people chose to report.
- A fall may mean good news or less reporting. Singapore's cases fell. Australian reports fell but losses rose.
- Averages hide small and huge losses. In Singapore most cases lost under S$5,000 (67.1 percent), while a few lost very large sums.
- Money saved is not money returned. India, Singapore and the US all report freezes or amounts saved. Those are not refunds.
What does a real case look like?
Case 1: A fake officer and forged court orders (India, 2025)
What happened. A 73-year-old woman in a northern Indian city said scammers used forged Supreme Court orders to confine her in a so-called digital arrest. She moved money under pressure. All India Radio news reported a loss of more than INR 1 crore. The Supreme Court took notice in October 2025.
The tell. Forged court papers and a claim that she was under arrest. No Indian agency arrests or holds anyone over a phone or video call.
What would have helped. Hang up. Call a family member. Then call 1930 and report on cybercrime.gov.in.
Source: All India Radio News, October 2025. These are her allegations as reported.
Case 2: A "telco" and then a "regulator" (Singapore, 2025)
What happened. An older victim got a call from someone posing as telco staff. They were passed to people posing as a financial regulator, who said the bank account was frozen and funds must be safeguarded. Over about eight days the victim moved money through gold purchases, cryptocurrency, QR code top-ups and PayNow. The police reported a loss of over S$1.1 million.
The tell. The call was passed up the chain to a more official voice. The victim was coached to get past bank alerts.
What would have helped. The victim's bank noticed odd transaction patterns and alerted police. Singapore police say government officials will never ask you to transfer money.
Source: Singapore Police Force news release, 26 Oct 2025. Charges are allegations until a court decides.
Case 3: A dating match who needed money (Australia, 2025)
What happened. A woman met a man on a dating platform. He moved the chat to an encrypted messaging app. After a few weeks he said his passport was taken and asked for US$500, then US$2,000 for a ticket. She told a friend. The friend suggested the 20-question Online Relationship Health Check.
The tell. A sudden overseas emergency, a private chat app, and small requests that grow.
What would have helped. It worked. She saw the warning signs, sent nothing and stopped replying. Reported loss: none.
Source: National Anti-Scam Centre, Targeting scams report 2025, consumer story.
Case 4: A fake bank fraud department (Canada, March 2026)
What happened. A caller posing as a bank's fraud department said an account was compromised and promised a refund within 24 hours if the person moved money. The RCMP notice lists a loss of $10,000 in two transfers. In a separate case, a scammer asked a victim to share their screen on a video call, added a payee, and about $8,000 left.
The tell. Urgency, a promised refund, and a request to share the screen.
What would have helped. Check the request yourself by calling the bank on the number printed on your card. Do not share your screen with a caller.
Source: RCMP Nova Scotia fraud warning, March 2026. Amounts in Canadian dollars.
Are calls from India-based call centres a big part of this?
The US FBI reports one case where a joint operation with Indian federal investigators dismantled a call centre in an Indian city. Six people were arrested. The network posed as US federal agencies and ran tech-support scams on more than 600 US citizens. The FBI reported more than $48.7 million in losses attributed to it. India is also one of the countries where victims lose money, as the figures above show. No official source we read gives a share of losses by origin, so we do not state one. Scammers work from many places, and they target people in many countries.
What should I do in the next hour, day and week?
- Next hour. Stop sending money. Call your bank and ask to stop or recall the transfer. In India call 1930. In the US file at ic3.gov. In the UK report to your bank, then Report Fraud on 0300 123 2040. In Canada use reportcyberandfraud.canada.ca. In Australia call your bank, then IDCARE on 1800 595 160. In Singapore call the helpline 1799 or check with the app.
- Next day. Write down the number, the amount, the time and any account details. Report to the national portal. Change passwords. Tell a family member.
- Next week. Ask your bank in writing about reimbursement rules in your country. Be careful with anyone who says they can get your money back for a fee. That is often a second scam.
Decision point: did you move money in the last few hours? If yes, call the bank before anything else. If no, report and block, and do not reply again.
Common questions
Which country has the most scams?
This page cannot say. Agencies count different things in different currencies and periods, and many scams go unreported. Canada's anti-fraud centre estimates only 5 to 10 percent of fraud is reported. We do not rank countries.
Can I add the FTC and FBI US totals together?
No. The FTC reported $15.9 billion and the FBI reported $20.877 billion for 2025. The data sets are separate and overlap, because the FBI contributes to the FTC's data. Use each as its own measure.
Do banks give the money back after a scam?
It depends on the country and the case. In the UK, rules say banks reimburse eligible losses within five business days, up to £85,000. In India the government reports more than INR 206 crore refunded against more than INR 56,087 crore reported over financial years 2023-24 to 2025-26. Ask your bank.
What does "recovered" mean in police figures?
It often means frozen, not returned. Singapore police say their recovered figure of about S$140.5 million does not refer to money returned to victims. India's saved figure is also cumulative and is not a refund total.
Are older people the main victims?
Older people often lose the most per person. Singapore's police report an average of S$37,053 for victims aged 65 and above. The FBI reports 60 and over lost $7.748 billion. But young people are targeted too, as Canada's centre says.
What to do now
- Stop. Do not send more money or reply.
- Call your bank on the number printed on your card.
- Report to your national portal using the list above.
- Tell one trusted person today.
- Do not pay anyone who offers to recover your money.
Read next: the first hour checklist, how to check a suspicious message, how scammers manipulate you, fund recovery scams, and scam awareness.
Country guides: India, US, UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore. Scam types: digital arrest, UPI, OTP and KYC fraud, investment scams, fake job scams, sextortion, voice clone scams, tech support scams. About us: our charter.
Sources checked 3 October 2026
- MHA, Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 432 (Calendar 2022 to 2024)
- MHA, Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 452 (NCRB data) (2019 to 2023)
- PIB (MHA), National Cybercrime Response Mechanism (FY 2023-24 to 2025-26)
- PIB (MHA), CFCFRMS 2.0 Platform (2021 to 30 Jun 2026)
- PIB backgrounder on Sanchar Saathi (Calendar 2024 and 2025)
- Business Upturn reporting the RBI Annual Report 2025-26 (FY 2025-26)
- All India Radio News, digital arrest and Supreme Court notice (2025)
- FTC statement to the Joint Economic Committee (Calendar 2024 and 2025)
- FBI IC3 2025 Annual Report (Calendar 2025)
- UK Finance, Annual Fraud Report 2026 (Calendar 2025)
- Payment Systems Regulator, PS25/5 (Rules in force since 7 Oct 2024)
- Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Top 10 frauds in 2025 (Calendar 2025)
- Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Fraud Prevention Month release (March 2026)
- Payments Canada survey via GlobeNewswire (Feb to Mar 2026)
- RCMP Nova Scotia fraud warning (March 2026)
- National Anti-Scam Centre / ACCC, Targeting scams report 2025 (Calendar 2025)
- Singapore Police Force, Annual Scam and Cybercrime Brief 2025 (Calendar 2025)
- Singapore Police Force, Mid-Year Brief 2026 (Jan to Jun 2026)
- Singapore Police Force news release, 26 Oct 2025 (Oct 2025)
Figures are as reported by the named agencies for the periods shown. Reporting rules differ by country, so totals are not directly comparable.