In 2023, the number of people reporting a monetary loss due to online purchase scams jumped to 82.6. A year prior, the figure stood at 74 percent. The so called susceptibility rate did not go over 71.2 percent in 2015.
Percentage of online shopping scam victims who lost money from these attacks worldwide from 2015 to 2023
The study is based on two sets of data:
- An analysis of more than 300,000 reports submitted to BBB Scam Tracker between 2015 and 2023.
- A survey conducted in 2023 with 6,947 people who reported a scam.
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