Counts below are pulled directly from our editorial database and refresh hourly. The numbers reflect what readers report to us, what our editors verify and publish, and what readers look up in our tools — they are a partial view of U.S. fraud, not a complete one.
16
Verified scam alerts published
1
Alerts in the last 30 days
1
Alerts in the last 7 days
27
Protection guides
0
Weekly digest subscribers
6
Scammer Lookup searches
Top scam categories by published alerts
Categories with the most verified alerts published on ScamReporting.org. The mix reflects what readers send us — not necessarily what causes the most dollar losses (wire and crypto fraud cause higher losses per case but are reported less often).
Most-impersonated entities in our alerts
Counts of distinct alert posts whose title, excerpt, or sender fields match patterns for these entities. "Charity / Inheritance benefactor" captures the dying-widow / surprise-donation trope; "Federal / Govt agency" includes fake Homeland Security, FBI, and Office of the Presidency letters.
About these numbers
- "Alerts" are individual scam reports our editorial team has reviewed and published. We turn away duplicates and content that does not add new information.
- Counts refresh hourly. Server-side cache keeps the page fast.
- Top brands are derived from URLs attached to our alert posts via structured sender fields. They will skew toward brands whose impersonation comes with a fake URL (delivery, big-tech, banks) and away from purely voice or text-only scams (IRS phone calls, gift-card-by-phone).
- This is not a complete view of U.S. fraud. FTC Consumer Sentinel data is the authoritative national source. We cite it routinely in guides; our role is editorial pattern-recognition on top of community submissions.
Frequently asked questions
Where does this data come from?
Counts are derived from published scam alerts, lookup activity, and editorial categorization on ScamReporting.org — not from law-enforcement databases.
Can I cite these stats?
Yes, with attribution. Data is shared under CC BY 4.0; link back to scamreporting.org/scam-stats/.
How often is it updated?
Dashboard figures refresh as new alerts are published and lookup totals change — typically within 24 hours of editorial review.