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100,0001,000,00010,000,000100,000,0001,000,000,0001,00010,000100,0001,000,00010,000,000Australia: 481,523 official cases, from National Anti-Scam Centre (ACCC), covering: Scam cases recorded by the National Anti-Scam Centre of Australia (combined reports from Scamwatch, ReportCyber, banks, IDCARE and ASIC). Reports to five bodies with duplicates removed; includes reports with no loss, reports from businesses and cases recorded by banks. About 2.8 million people scammed; about 237,587 told the police.AUCanada: 205,098 official cases, from Police services of Canada, compiled by Statistics Canada, covering: Fraud cases recorded by the police of Canada (fraud, identity fraud and identity theft incidents). Incidents recorded by police for fraud of every kind, including fraud against businesses and government. About 2.7 million people scammed; about 284,121 told the police.CAChile: 141,987 official cases, from Fiscalía de Chile, covering: Scam cases recorded by the Public Prosecutor of Chile (offences received). Offences received by the prosecutor, from every reporting channel. About 2.0 million people scammed.CLColombia: 136,667 official cases, from Fiscalia General de la Nacion, covering: Fraud cases recorded by the Attorney General of Colombia (SPOA processes created for estafa, article 246 of the Penal Code). Criminal processes created in 2025 for fraud of every kind under article 246, including fraud against businesses. 2024: 149,325. A narrower computer-crime series under Law 1273 had 92,608 processes in 2025.. About 2.7 million people scammed.COSpain: 429,677 official cases, from Policía Nacional, Guardia Civil, regional and local police, compiled by the Ministerio del Interior, covering: Online fraud cases recorded by the police forces of Spain (estafas informáticas known to police). Frauds committed by computer or online means, including card fraud and fraud against businesses; frauds committed wholly in person are not included. About 7.4 million people scammed; about 1.2 million told the police.ESFrance: 448,300 official cases, from Police nationale and Gendarmerie nationale, compiled by the SSMSI, covering: Scam and payment fraud cases recorded by the police and gendarmerie of France (victims counted). Victims named in complaints for escroqueries et fraudes aux moyens de paiement recorded in 2025, including complaints filed online through THESEE and victims that are businesses (8%). About 4.5 million people scammed; about 555,094 told the police.FRUnited Kingdom: 321,025 official cases, from City of London Police (Action Fraud, now Report Fraud), published by the Office for National Statistics, covering: Fraud cases recorded by the national fraud reporting centre Action Fraud, run by the City of London Police (reports from victims in England and Wales). October 2024 to September 2025, the last 12 months published before the move to Report Fraud. Fraud of every kind reported by people and businesses in England and Wales; leaves out Scotland and Northern Ireland, 62,151 computer misuse offences, and cases passed on by Cifas (384,778) and UK Finance (690,750). About 4.3 million people scammed; about 578,660 told the police.GBIndonesia: 392,441 official cases, from Indonesia Anti-Scam Centre, covering: Scam cases recorded by the Indonesia Anti-Scam Centre, which is run by the financial regulator with the police as a member. Reports of fraud in financial transactions made to the centre directly or through a bank or payment firm, 1 January to 23 December 2025.. About 10.1 million people scammed; about 2.8 million told the police.IDIndia: 2,402,579 official cases, from Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, covering: Financial fraud cases recorded by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre. Complaints of financial fraud registered in 2025 on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, online or through the 1930 helpline. The portal is run by the centre, an office of the Ministry of Home Affairs. It covers card and banking fraud as well as scams. About 119.9 million people scammed; about 64.1 million told the police.INJapan: 43,000 official cases, from National Police Agency, covering: Special fraud and social network investment and romance fraud cases recorded by the National Police Agency (cases the police recognised). Calendar 2025, final figures: 27,832 special fraud cases and 15,168 SNS investment and romance fraud cases. Victims that are companies are in the totals. About 4.2 million people scammed; about 813,026 told the police.JPSouth Korea: 122,106 official cases, from National Police Agency, covering: Voice phishing cases recorded by the National Police Agency (telecommunications financial fraud: impersonation of an institution and fake loan offers). Calendar 2025. The two types together are 23,360 cases. The series is the police count of voice phishing against people, not all fraud.. Online scam cases recorded by the National Police Agency, other than buying and selling (non-transaction cyber economic crime: Ponzi schemes, phishing and scams run online). Calendar 2025, provisional. Leaves out second-hand and shopping-site deals (transaction cyber economic crime).. About 2.1 million people scammed; about 406,419 told the police.KRMexico: 108,736 official cases, from State prosecutors, compiled by SESNSP, covering: Fraud cases recorded by the state prosecutors of Mexico (investigation files opened). Investigation files opened for fraud of every kind, including fraud against businesses. About 6.0 million people scammed; about 348,965 told the police.MXMalaysia: 66,204 official cases, from Royal Malaysia Police, covering: Online fraud cases recorded by the Royal Malaysia Police, including hacking and phishing. Investigation papers opened by the Commercial Crime Investigation Department; includes phone scams, love scams, e-commerce, hacking and phishing, non-existent loans and investments. About 1.5 million people scammed; about 639,758 told the police.MYNigeria: 67,518 official cases, from Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, covering: Digital payment fraud cases recorded by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System. Cases in calendar 2025. The same page gives 123,918 incidents in 2021 and a four percent decline in the last year, and N25.85 billion lost in 2025 after N52.26 billion in 2024.. About 18.6 million people scammed.NGNetherlands: 41,580 official cases, from National Police (Nationale Politie), compiled by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), covering: Oplichting cases recorded by the police of the Netherlands. Oplichting written up by the police, against people and businesses, online and offline, with a place of commission in the Netherlands. Online-trade fraud has been included since 2015. Counts are rounded to multiples of 5. The 2025 figure is provisional. About 1.5 million people scammed; about 261,297 told the police.NLPhilippines: 18,633 official cases, from Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center, covering: Cybercrime cases recorded by the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (scams and other online offences). Complaints recorded in 2025 by the centre's Cybercrime Complaint Center, which takes them through hotline 1326 and online. It covers every kind of cybercrime: consumer fraud (6,453) and online fraud (4,243) are the two largest kinds. The police keep a separate count of the cases they handle. About 8.1 million people scammed; about 1.1 million told the police.PHSingapore: 37,308 official cases, from Singapore Police Force, covering: Scam cases recorded by the Singapore Police Force. Police reports only. 81.8% of scams involved transfers the victim made (p.4). About 311,652 people scammed; about 170,906 told the police.SGThailand: 380,378 official cases, from Royal Thai Police, covering: Online crime cases recorded by the Royal Thai Police, including hacking and ransomware. Complaints received through the police online reporting system from 1 January to 31 December 2025, in 14 categories: fake sales of goods and services, prize, job, loan and investment scams, phone threats, impersonation to borrow money, romance scams, digital assets, remote control software, and offences against computer systems and data. About 2.8 million people scammed; about 1.3 million told the police.THUnited States: 1,008,597 official cases, from Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), covering: Internet crime cases recorded by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (complaints, including business email fraud, ransomware and data breaches). Complaints received from people and businesses, including complaints from outside the United States; one complaint has one crime type. About 55.0 million people scammed; about 4.5 million told the police.USVietnam: 4,200 official cases, from Ministry of Public Security, covering: Online fraud cases recorded by the Ministry of Public Security. Online fraud cases recorded nationwide in 2025 in the handling of crime reports. The ministry has given other part-year figures on other bases. About 9.7 million people scammed; about 3.8 million told the police.VNSouth Africa: 110,074 official cases, from South African Banking Risk Information Centre, covering: Digital banking crime cases recorded by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (client claim investigations). Calendar 2025, 1 January to 31 December. Banking app, internet banking and mobile banking, from ABSA, First National Bank, Nedbank, Standard Bank, Capitec, Bidvest, Discovery, Investec and GoTyme. Not every bank. Card fraud is a separate series and is not included.. About 6.7 million people scammed; about 1.2 million told the police.ZAOfficial cases recorded by the authority in the period (log scale)People, estimated (log scale)

Official counts record cases reported to one body. They show what a body handles, not how many people are scammed. Do not divide one series by another: they measure different things.

These series are not comparable.

Each official series counts something different, from different bodies, over a different coverage. The estimates count people from a survey. Read each series on its own terms; the table below names each one.

Australia's official series recorded 481,523 cases, more than the 237,587 people estimated to have told the police. That is not a contradiction: the official series is broader. It counts reports and cases from several bodies (National Anti-Scam Centre (ACCC)), and the survey asks about people.

CountryOfficial series: who recorded itWhat the official series coversOfficial casesEstimated people scammedEstimated who told the police
Australia (AU)National Anti-Scam Centre (ACCC)Scam cases recorded by the National Anti-Scam Centre of Australia (combined reports from Scamwatch, ReportCyber, banks, IDCARE and ASIC). Reports to five bodies with duplicates removed; includes reports with no loss, reports from businesses and cases recorded by banks481,5232,784,751237,587
Canada (CA)Police services of Canada, compiled by Statistics CanadaFraud cases recorded by the police of Canada (fraud, identity fraud and identity theft incidents). Incidents recorded by police for fraud of every kind, including fraud against businesses and government205,0982,700,178284,121
Chile (CL)Fiscalía de ChileScam cases recorded by the Public Prosecutor of Chile (offences received). Offences received by the prosecutor, from every reporting channel141,9872,029,879Not shown: left out: told-police figure is estimated
Colombia (CO)Fiscalia General de la NacionFraud cases recorded by the Attorney General of Colombia (SPOA processes created for estafa, article 246 of the Penal Code). Criminal processes created in 2025 for fraud of every kind under article 246, including fraud against businesses. 2024: 149,325. A narrower computer-crime series under Law 1273 had 92,608 processes in 2025.136,6672,709,564Not shown: left out: told-police figure is borrowed
Spain (ES)Policía Nacional, Guardia Civil, regional and local police, compiled by the Ministerio del InteriorOnline fraud cases recorded by the police forces of Spain (estafas informáticas known to police). Frauds committed by computer or online means, including card fraud and fraud against businesses; frauds committed wholly in person are not included429,6777,368,6561,188,564
France (FR)Police nationale and Gendarmerie nationale, compiled by the SSMSIScam and payment fraud cases recorded by the police and gendarmerie of France (victims counted). Victims named in complaints for escroqueries et fraudes aux moyens de paiement recorded in 2025, including complaints filed online through THESEE and victims that are businesses (8%)448,3004,540,016555,094
United Kingdom (GB)City of London Police (Action Fraud, now Report Fraud), published by the Office for National StatisticsFraud cases recorded by the national fraud reporting centre Action Fraud, run by the City of London Police (reports from victims in England and Wales). October 2024 to September 2025, the last 12 months published before the move to Report Fraud. Fraud of every kind reported by people and businesses in England and Wales; leaves out Scotland and Northern Ireland, 62,151 computer misuse offences, and cases passed on by Cifas (384,778) and UK Finance (690,750)321,0254,305,504578,660
Indonesia (ID)Indonesia Anti-Scam CentreScam cases recorded by the Indonesia Anti-Scam Centre, which is run by the financial regulator with the police as a member. Reports of fraud in financial transactions made to the centre directly or through a bank or payment firm, 1 January to 23 December 2025.392,44110,109,9142,830,776
India (IN)Indian Cyber Crime Coordination CentreFinancial fraud cases recorded by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre. Complaints of financial fraud registered in 2025 on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, online or through the 1930 helpline. The portal is run by the centre, an office of the Ministry of Home Affairs. It covers card and banking fraud as well as scams2,402,579119,915,83664,092,976
Japan (JP)National Police AgencySpecial fraud and social network investment and romance fraud cases recorded by the National Police Agency (cases the police recognised). Calendar 2025, final figures: 27,832 special fraud cases and 15,168 SNS investment and romance fraud cases. Victims that are companies are in the totals43,0004,236,719813,026
South Korea (KR)National Police AgencyVoice phishing cases recorded by the National Police Agency (telecommunications financial fraud: impersonation of an institution and fake loan offers). Calendar 2025. The two types together are 23,360 cases. The series is the police count of voice phishing against people, not all fraud.. Online scam cases recorded by the National Police Agency, other than buying and selling (non-transaction cyber economic crime: Ponzi schemes, phishing and scams run online). Calendar 2025, provisional. Leaves out second-hand and shopping-site deals (transaction cyber economic crime).122,1062,063,041406,419
Mexico (MX)State prosecutors, compiled by SESNSPFraud cases recorded by the state prosecutors of Mexico (investigation files opened). Investigation files opened for fraud of every kind, including fraud against businesses108,7365,963,883348,965
Malaysia (MY)Royal Malaysia PoliceOnline fraud cases recorded by the Royal Malaysia Police, including hacking and phishing. Investigation papers opened by the Commercial Crime Investigation Department; includes phone scams, love scams, e-commerce, hacking and phishing, non-existent loans and investments66,2041,546,081639,758
Nigeria (NG)Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement SystemDigital payment fraud cases recorded by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System. Cases in calendar 2025. The same page gives 123,918 incidents in 2021 and a four percent decline in the last year, and N25.85 billion lost in 2025 after N52.26 billion in 2024.67,51818,553,549Not shown: left out: told-police figure is estimated
Netherlands (NL)National Police (Nationale Politie), compiled by Statistics Netherlands (CBS)Oplichting cases recorded by the police of the Netherlands. Oplichting written up by the police, against people and businesses, online and offline, with a place of commission in the Netherlands. Online-trade fraud has been included since 2015. Counts are rounded to multiples of 5. The 2025 figure is provisional41,5801,546,135261,297
Philippines (PH)Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating CenterCybercrime cases recorded by the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (scams and other online offences). Complaints recorded in 2025 by the centre's Cybercrime Complaint Center, which takes them through hotline 1326 and online. It covers every kind of cybercrime: consumer fraud (6,453) and online fraud (4,243) are the two largest kinds. The police keep a separate count of the cases they handle18,6338,124,9291,093,737
Singapore (SG)Singapore Police Force. Excludes 1 count we worked out ourselvesScam cases recorded by the Singapore Police Force. Police reports only. 81.8% of scams involved transfers the victim made (p.4)37,308311,652170,906
Thailand (TH)Royal Thai PoliceOnline crime cases recorded by the Royal Thai Police, including hacking and ransomware. Complaints received through the police online reporting system from 1 January to 31 December 2025, in 14 categories: fake sales of goods and services, prize, job, loan and investment scams, phone threats, impersonation to borrow money, romance scams, digital assets, remote control software, and offences against computer systems and data380,3782,822,3011,293,554
United States (US)Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)Internet crime cases recorded by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (complaints, including business email fraud, ransomware and data breaches). Complaints received from people and businesses, including complaints from outside the United States; one complaint has one crime type1,008,59755,037,8394,512,773
Vietnam (VN)Ministry of Public SecurityOnline fraud cases recorded by the Ministry of Public Security. Online fraud cases recorded nationwide in 2025 in the handling of crime reports. The ministry has given other part-year figures on other bases4,2009,739,3333,836,703
South Africa (ZA)South African Banking Risk Information CentreDigital banking crime cases recorded by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (client claim investigations). Calendar 2025, 1 January to 31 December. Banking app, internet banking and mobile banking, from ABSA, First National Bank, Nedbank, Standard Bank, Capitec, Bidvest, Discovery, Investec and GoTyme. Not every bank. Card fraud is a separate series and is not included.110,0746,675,9191,201,665

Survey countries only. Estimated countries have no survey of their own and are left out. Log scales: each gridline is ten times the one below. The official series and the estimates are different measures and are not comparable; the table names each official series and what it covers.

Scamstats (Armidale), scamstats.org, data of 12 November 2026. Reference year 2025. Licence: CC BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Figures from other publishers remain theirs.