US FTC Report: Consumers Lost $15.9 Billion to Fraud in 2025 — 3 Million Reports Filed

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A hearing before the US Congress Joint Economic Committee revealed consumers submitted 3 million fraud reports to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network in 2025, totaling $15.9B in losses. The data provides the baseline against which AI-powered fraud detection (and AI-enabled fraud generation) will be measured in 2026. For fintech builders, this is the addressable market number for fraud prevention tooling.