Society · Facts & sources
6 sourced facts about personal and financial protection, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answermore than $12.5 billion
That's a 25% jump from 2023, even though the number of fraud reports stayed about the same at 2.6 million.
Source: Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Sentinel Network (2024) ftc.gov
Answer$16.6 billion
IC3 received 859,532 complaints, and the average complaint involved a reported loss of $19,372.
Source: FBI Internet Crime Report 2024 (via CyberScoop) (2024) cyberscoop.com
Answer38%
That was up sharply from 27% in 2023, which is why total losses rose even though report numbers didn't.
Source: Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Sentinel Network (2024) ftc.gov
Answermore than 1.1 million
Identity theft is only part of the picture: the FTC's Sentinel network logged 6.5 million consumer reports of all kinds in 2024.
Source: Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Sentinel Network (2024) ftc.gov
Answermore than 2,000 a day
In its early years after launching in 2000, IC3 received about 2,000 complaints per month.
Source: FBI Internet Crime Report 2024 (via CyberScoop) (2024) cyberscoop.com
Answer92%
Yet just 29% of consumers believe they are knowledgeable about life insurance.
Source: LIMRA and Life Happens, 2025 Insurance Barometer Study (2025) limra.com