Number of the week · checked 19 October 2026
Victims reported $3 billion in business email compromise losses in 2025.
The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report counts 24,768 business email compromise complaints and $3,046,598,558 in losses. Only investment fraud cost more.
The short version
The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report counts 24,768 business email compromise complaints, with over $3 billion in losses. Only investment scams cost more.
That's about $123,000 per complaint. The usual trick: an email that looks like a vendor or boss, asking you to send money somewhere new.
The FBI says to verify any payment change with the person, by another channel. Call a number you already have.
In numbers
| Year | Complaints | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24,768 | $3,046,598,558 |
| 2024 | 21,442 | $2,770,151,146 |
| 2023 | 21,489 | $2,946,830,270 |
Sources
Checked on 19 October 2026.
"Business Email Compromise $3,046,598,558"
FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, 2025 Internet Crime Report. Released 6 April 2026. Crime types by complaint loss. "Use secondary channels or two-factor authentication to verify requests for changes in account information with the intended recipient."
FBI IC3: Business email compromise. Read 19 October 2026.
About $123,000 per complaint is our arithmetic: $3,046,598,558 ÷ 24,768. The figures count complaints filed with IC3, so they show reported losses, not all losses.
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Psst is made by Zain Ali, who co-founded Aiden Risk, a licensed insurance brokerage. This isn't insurance advice.