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05/07/2026
New trends in reports of imposter scams
FTC
Every year, the FTC gets millions of fraud reports from consumers and shares information about the top scams. In what’s not a surprise for anyone who’s followed along in the past, imposter scams were the #1 scam for the ninth year in a row. So, what do we know about these imposter scams?
In 2025, the FTC got more than 1 million reports about imposter scams, with reported losses increasing by nearly 20% to $3.5 billion.
Reports of government imposter scams were up 40%, thanks in part to messages about overdue tolls. These bogus messages might spoof real toll collection programs (like EZ-Pass, SunPass, FasTrak, and TxTag) to seem more credible. And they threaten to charge you late fees or suspend your vehicle’s registration if you don’t pay right away.
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