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URL: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/06/ftc-data-show-people-reported-losing-3-point-5-billion-imposter-scams-2025

Federal Trade Commission press release, "FTC Data Show People Reported Losing $3.5 Billion to Imposter Scams in 2025", June 15, 2026.
- $3.5 billion reported lost to imposter scams in 2025. About $16 billion reported lost to all fraud, the highest on record, about 25% above 2024.
- "nearly one in three fraud reports" were about imposter scams.
- Business impersonators: nearly $1 billion in 2025, up from $866 million in 2024; highest losses tied to bank impersonators.
- Government impersonators: about $920 million in 2025, up from $789 million in 2024.
- Costliest scams often start with "a fake security alert, often from a bank"; victims are persuaded to move money to "protect" it.
- Impersonation Rule finalized in 2024; lets the FTC file federal court cases seeking refunds and civil penalties. Since then a dozen enforcement actions and over $70 million in redress.