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See how much your state lost to fraud in 2025
Investment scams were the costliest, with $6.4 billion in losses, and an interactive tool shows how fraud losses varied by state.
- Americans lost nearly $16 billion to fraud schemes last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel Network data, with investment scams driving the costliest losses.
- Investment-Related scams accounted for $6.4 billion in losses—about 36% more than in 2024—while romance scams totaled $1.3 billion in reported damages.
- Arizona residents experienced the highest per capita losses at $6.1 million per 100,000 people, followed by Nevada at $5.8 million and Hawaii at $5.6 million.
- California recorded the highest total investment scam losses at $1.2 billion, while Hawaii emerged with the steepest per capita investment losses at about $3.5 million per 100,000 residents.
- The Federal Trade Commission's Get the Facts Data Team launched an interactive tool showing state rankings across five major fraud schemes to help consumers track patterns.
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