Americans lost a record $15.9 billion to scams in 2025, FTC says

The billions of dollars lost to fraud just keep piling up. Crooks and con artists stole a record $15.9 billion in 2025 in a variety of scams — up from $12.5 billion in 2024, according to the latest data from the Federal Trade Commission. The most money lost — $7.9 billion or nearly half of the …