$12.5bnreported lost to fraud in the US in 2024, FTC
Americans reported losing $12.5 billion to fraud to the FTC in 2024, from 2,600,678 reports.
The FTC says most fraud is never reported to it, so treat the figure as a floor, not a total.
Source: US Federal Trade Commission.
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