{"id":5230,"date":"2021-04-07T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T23:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:15:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T21:15:37","slug":"romance-scams-data-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/romance-scams-data-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Online Scams 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catfishing is when someone fakes their identity online to <a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/nigerian-romance-scams\/\">scam victims for money<\/a>, to get revenge on someone, or are insecure about themselves.<\/p>\n<p>These online relationships may last for months or even years!<\/p>\n<p>Victims of <a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/romance-scammers-the-history-money-and-statistics-behind-romance-scams\/\">romance scams<\/a> have increased by 50% in 2018 compared to three years ago, despite the increase of awareness on the subject.<\/p>\n[aesop_character  img=&#8221;https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/catfish-mascot-1.png&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; force_circle=&#8221;off&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;fromleft&#8221;]\n<ul class=\"top-list-reviews\">\n<li><a href=\"#01\">State by State Comparison of Victims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#02\">Top 10 States with the Most Victims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#03\">State by State Comparison of Victim Loss<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#04\">Top 10 States with the Most Victim Loss<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#05\">Number of Victims by Age Range<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#06\">Romance Scam Reports Over Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#07\">Comparison of Romance Scam Reports from IC3 and the FTC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"01\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>State by State Comparison of Victims <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This list was compiled from the FBI&#8217;s IC3 data ranking the states with the highest reported catfish victims:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-4by3\" style=\"height: 3000px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/external\/graph\" width=\"100%\" height=\"3000px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n[bctt tweet=&#8221;California is the worst state for getting catfished, with over 2K complaints made in 2018&#8243; username=&#8221;socialcatfish&#8221;]\n<h2 id=\"02\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Top 10 States with the Most Victims<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The top 10 states with the most catfish victims are: California (2,105), Texas (1,238), Florida (1,191), New York (782), Pennsylvania (577), Washington (493), Virginia (480), Michigan (461), Illinois (463), and North Carolina (432):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/external\/graph\/us-map-graph-no-of-victim.svg\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n[bctt tweet=&#8221;California received 2,105 reports of romance scams in 2018&#8243; username=&#8221;socialcatfish&#8221;]\n<h2 id=\"03\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>State by State Comparison of Victim Loss<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This table was compiled from the FBI&#8217;s IC3 data ranking the states with the highest reported <a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/304-million-dollars-lost-to-romance-scams-during-covid-19-in-2020\/\">financial loss from romance scams<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/external\/graph\/us-map-graph-victim-loss.svg\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n[bctt tweet=&#8221;$2,600 &#8211; The median reported loss to romance scams is about seven times higher than for other frauds&#8221; username=&#8221;socialcatfish&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"search_mb_2020 scfb_mb_search scfb_full_search blog_content_search\"> <div class=\"search-form-2020\"  data-js-r=\"search.form\">\n    <div class=\"row tabs-content\">\n        <div class=\"scf-tooltip-badge-target\" 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Polynesia<\/option><option value=\"TF\">French Southern Territories<\/option><option value=\"GA\">Gabon<\/option><option value=\"GM\">Gambia<\/option><option value=\"GE\">Georgia<\/option><option value=\"DE\">Germany<\/option><option value=\"GH\">Ghana<\/option><option value=\"GI\">Gibraltar<\/option><option value=\"GR\">Greece<\/option><option value=\"GL\">Greenland<\/option><option value=\"GD\">Grenada<\/option><option value=\"GP\">Guadeloupe<\/option><option value=\"GU\">Guam<\/option><option value=\"GT\">Guatemala<\/option><option value=\"GG\">Guernsey<\/option><option value=\"GN\">Guinea<\/option><option value=\"GW\">Guinea-bissau<\/option><option value=\"GY\">Guyana<\/option><option value=\"HT\">Haiti<\/option><option value=\"HM\">Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands<\/option><option value=\"VA\">Holy See (Vatican City State)<\/option><option value=\"HN\">Honduras<\/option><option value=\"HK\">Hong Kong<\/option><option value=\"HU\">Hungary<\/option><option 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value=\"MG\">Madagascar<\/option><option value=\"MW\">Malawi<\/option><option value=\"MY\">Malaysia<\/option><option value=\"MV\">Maldives<\/option><option value=\"ML\">Mali<\/option><option value=\"MT\">Malta<\/option><option value=\"MH\">Marshall Islands<\/option><option value=\"MQ\">Martinique<\/option><option value=\"MR\">Mauritania<\/option><option value=\"MU\">Mauritius<\/option><option value=\"YT\">Mayotte<\/option><option value=\"MX\">Mexico<\/option><option value=\"FM\">Micronesia, Federated States of<\/option><option value=\"MD\">Moldova, Republic of<\/option><option value=\"MC\">Monaco<\/option><option value=\"MN\">Mongolia<\/option><option value=\"ME\">Montenegro<\/option><option value=\"MS\">Montserrat<\/option><option value=\"MA\">Morocco<\/option><option value=\"MZ\">Mozambique<\/option><option value=\"NA\">Namibia<\/option><option value=\"NR\">Nauru<\/option><option value=\"NP\">Nepal<\/option><option value=\"NL\">Netherlands<\/option><option value=\"AN\">Netherlands 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value=\"KR\">South Korea<\/option><option value=\"ES\">Spain<\/option><option value=\"LK\">Sri Lanka<\/option><option value=\"SR\">Suriname<\/option><option value=\"SJ\">Svalbard and Jan Mayen<\/option><option value=\"SZ\">Swaziland<\/option><option value=\"SE\">Sweden<\/option><option value=\"CH\">Switzerland<\/option><option value=\"TW\">Taiwan, Province of China<\/option><option value=\"TJ\">Tajikistan<\/option><option value=\"TZ\">Tanzania, United Republic of<\/option><option value=\"TH\">Thailand<\/option><option value=\"TL\">Timor-leste<\/option><option value=\"TG\">Togo<\/option><option value=\"TK\">Tokelau<\/option><option value=\"TO\">Tonga<\/option><option value=\"TT\">Trinidad and Tobago<\/option><option value=\"TN\">Tunisia<\/option><option value=\"TR\">Turkey<\/option><option value=\"TM\">Turkmenistan<\/option><option value=\"TC\">Turks and Caicos Islands<\/option><option value=\"TV\">Tuvalu<\/option><option value=\"UG\">Uganda<\/option><option 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$214.2M from romance scams in 2018&#8243; username=&#8221;socialcatfish&#8221;]\n<h2 id=\"05\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Number of Victims by Age Range<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This graph, compiled from the FBI&#8217;s IC3 2018 report, shows the number of romance scam victims and loss by age range:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-21by9\" style=\"height: 360px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\" style=\"min-height: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/external\/graph\/age.php\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n[bctt tweet=&#8221;People over the age of 60 lost over $342M from catfish scams in 2018&#8243; username=&#8221;socialcatfish&#8221;]\n<h2 id=\"06\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Romance Scam Reports Over Time<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">The line graph below visualizes the number of romance scam complaints and reported losses between the years 2015 to 2018 taken from data by the FTC:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"height: 200px; width: 100%; border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/external\/graph\/romance-scam-graph.php\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n[bctt tweet=&#8221;Reports more than doubled and reported losses increased more than fourfold from 2015 to 2018&#8243; username=&#8221;socialcatfish&#8221;]\n<h2 id=\"07\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Comparison of Romance Scam Reports from IC3 and the FTC<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The table below compares the number of romance scam complaints and reported financial loss made to the FTC and the FBI&#8217;s IC3 between 2015 and 2018:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"visible-lg\" style=\"overflow: scroll;\" src=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/external\/graph\/catfishing-statistics-table.php\" width=\"100%\" height=\"220px\" scrolling=\"yes\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table class=\"hidden-lg table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #813099; color: #fff; font-weight: bold;\">\n<th><\/th>\n<th>IC3<\/th>\n<th>FTC<\/th>\n<th>Totals<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th rowspan=\"2\">2015<\/th>\n<td>12,509<\/td>\n<td>8,715<\/td>\n<td>21,224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$204M<\/td>\n<td>$33.5M<\/td>\n<td>$237.5M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th rowspan=\"2\">2016<\/th>\n<td>14,546<\/td>\n<td>11,242<\/td>\n<td>25,788<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$220M<\/td>\n<td>$75.1M<\/td>\n<td>$295.1M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th rowspan=\"2\">2017<\/th>\n<td>15,342<\/td>\n<td>16,913<\/td>\n<td>32,225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$263M<\/td>\n<td>$88.4M<\/td>\n<td>$351.4M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th rowspan=\"2\">2018<\/th>\n<td>18,493<\/td>\n<td>21,538<\/td>\n<td>40,031<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>$362M<\/td>\n<td>$143M<\/td>\n<td>$505M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[bctt tweet=&#8221;Between 2015 to 2018, romance scam victims reportedly lost $1.3B&#8221; username=&#8221;socialcatfish&#8221;]\n<h4>Sources:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.ic3.gov\/2018_IC3Report.pdf\">FBI&#8217;s Internet Complaint Center (IC3) 2018 Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/reports\/consumer-sentinel-network-data-book-2018\/consumer_sentinel_network_data_book_2018_0.pdf\">FTC Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/blogs\/data-spotlight\/2019\/02\/romance-scams-rank-number-one-total-reported-losses\">FTC Consumer Protection Data Spotlight<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Working on a Romance Scam Story? 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