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Wealth and how hard each scam hits

0%5%10%15%$0$25k$50k$75k$100k$125kLower GDP per person, deeper lossesHigher GDP per person, deeper lossesLower GDP per person, shallower lossesHigher GDP per person, shallower lossesNGKRUSCAZAMYIDTHMXSGCLJPFRCOESINVNGBAUNLPHGDP per person, US$Average loss, % of GDP per person

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Dashed lines mark the medians. A country exactly on a median line is counted in the lower or left group. Median gdp per person, us$: US$17,995. Median average loss, % of gdp per person: 3.3%. Chile sits exactly on the median GDP per person and on the median average loss as a share of GDP per person, so it is counted on the lower or left side of that line.

Lower GDP per person, deeper lossesIndonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand

Median average loss: 5.3% of one year's GDP per person. Median share who lost money: 76%. Income groups: 5 upper-middle income, 1 lower-middle income.

Higher GDP per person, deeper lossesCanada, Singapore, South Korea, United States

Median average loss: 8% of one year's GDP per person. Median share who lost money: 59%. Income groups: 4 high income.

Lower GDP per person, shallower lossesChile, Colombia, India, Philippines, Vietnam

Median average loss: 2% of one year's GDP per person. Median share who told the police: 39%. Income groups: 3 upper-middle income, 1 high income, 1 lower-middle income.

Higher GDP per person, shallower lossesAustralia, France, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Median average loss: 2% of one year's GDP per person. Median share who lost money: 72%. Income groups: 6 high income.

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.