NEW YORK (Oct. 15, 2025) — A new report from BioCatch, which prevents financial crime by recognizing patterns in human behavior, points to the explosive and exponential growth of scams all around the world. The research pulls data from financial institutions serving nearly 350 million consumers on five different continents and finds scam attempts increased by 65% in the last year. That includes a 100% spike in voice phishing (vishing) scam attempts, a 63% uptick in attempted romance scams, and a 42% increase in attempted investment scams. SMS text-based phishing attacks also rose by a factor of 10.

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