In 2023, fraud reports impersonating Microsoft caused the biggest financial losses, about 60 million U.S. dollars. Claims involving Publishers Clearing House impersonations caused financial losses of around 49 million U.S. dollars. Amazon impersonations ranked third by monetary losses, with 19 million U.S. dollars.
Financial losses of companies impersonated in scams in the United States in 2023
(in U.S. dollars)
The source adds the following information: "Figures are based on fraud reports to the Consumer Sentinel Network classified as business imposters, tech support scams, and prizes, sweepstakes and lotteries. Reports that do not name an impersonated company and reports provided by Sentinel data contributors are excluded.
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