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The report behind every stat we post

One fraud statistic every weekday, each taken from a published industry or government report. Find the post you saw on Instagram by its number, and open the original report.

  1. @fraudstats card: 73.8% of financial services websites are unprotected, even against basic bots
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    73.8% of financial services websites are unprotected, even against basic bots

    DataDome · State of Bot & Agent Security Report 2026

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  2. @fraudstats card: 8x AI-bot requests to login pages grew more than eightfold in six months
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    8x AI-bot requests to login pages grew more than eightfold in six months

    DataDome · State of Bot & Agent Security Report 2026

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  3. @fraudstats card: +124% growth in bad bot traffic in 12 months, more than 9x faster than human traffic
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    +124% growth in bad bot traffic in 12 months, more than 9x faster than human traffic

    DataDome · State of Bot & Agent Security Report 2026

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  4. @fraudstats card: +52% rise in fraud attempts in Spain between 2024 and 2025
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    +52% rise in fraud attempts in Spain between 2024 and 2025

    AEECF, cited in Veridas · Digital Identity and Fraud Prevention: 2026 Trends

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  5. @fraudstats card: 31.7% of AI-fluent fraudsters target gaming and gambling platforms, followed by BNPL providers (26.7%) and telcos (21.7%)
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    31.7% of AI-fluent fraudsters target gaming and gambling platforms, followed by BNPL providers (26.7%) and telcos (21.7%)

    Socure · Fraud’s Napster Moment (2026)

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  6. @fraudstats card: 41% of fraud attempts are already synthetic, AI-generated attacks
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    41% of fraud attempts are already synthetic, AI-generated attacks

    Veridas · Digital Identity and Fraud Prevention: 2026 Trends

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  7. @fraudstats card: 81% of fraudulent payments are made by the victims themselves, after being manipulated by a scammer
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    81% of fraudulent payments are made by the victims themselves, after being manipulated by a scammer

    ABI Lab, cited in Veridas · Digital Identity and Fraud Prevention: 2026 Trends

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  8. @fraudstats card: 81% of AI-fluent fraudsters committed first-party fraud, using their own identity
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    81% of AI-fluent fraudsters committed first-party fraud, using their own identity

    Socure · Fraud’s Napster Moment (2026)

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  9. @fraudstats card: 40% more businesses were targeted by AI-fluent fraudsters
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    40% more businesses were targeted by AI-fluent fraudsters

    Socure · Fraud’s Napster Moment (2026)

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  10. @fraudstats card: 13.4% of people surveyed admitted using AI to commit at least one type of fraud
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    13.4% of people surveyed admitted using AI to commit at least one type of fraud

    Socure · Fraud’s Napster Moment (2026)

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