Colombia is new on Scamstats.
6.3% of adults were scammed in the last 12 months.
62.1% of victims lost money.
136,667 cases were recorded in 2025.
scamstats.org/country/co/
New figures for South Africa on Scamstats.
7.0% of adults were scammed in the last 12 months.
Losses came to US$946.1 million.
18.0% of victims told the police.
scamstats.org/country/za/
South Korea's figures on Scamstats are updated.
The police recorded 122,106 cases in 2025.
Losses came to US$6.58 billion.
Online shopping, prizes and investment are the most common scam types.
scamstats.org/country/kr/
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is now on Scamstats.
6 million adults were scammed in the last 12 months
82.0% of them lost money
US$96.3 million lost
scamstats.org/country/cd/
Türkiye is new on Scamstats.
534,491 cases recorded US$1.7 billion lost 2.8 million told the police
scamstats.org/country/tr/
Ethiopia is now on Scamstats.
8.6 million adults were scammed in the last 12 months 65.5% of them lost money 4.6 million told the police
scamstats.org/country/et/
Egypt is new on Scamstats. 11.6% of adults were scammed in the last 12 months US$375 million lost to scams Most common: online shopping, prizes, investment
scamstats.org/country/eg/
Russia is now on scamstats: an estimated 9.6% of adults, about 10.9 million people, were scammed in the last 12 months. The Ministry of Internal Affairs recorded 663,000 cybercrimes in 2025.
scamstats.org/country/ru/
Japan is now on scamstats: 4.0% of adults, about 4.2 million people, were scammed in the last 12 months, by the Ministry of Justice's victimisation survey. The lowest of the 26 countries so far. Police recorded 43,000 scam cases in 2025.
scamstats.org/country/jp/
Every country counts scams differently, if at all, so nobody could say how many people are scammed worldwide.
@scamstats is our answer: one method, every country, every figure traced to an official source.
Our first estimate: 655 million people a year.
scamstats.org
