Identity fraud
report 2022
Sumsub’s experts have covered everything you need to know about fraud trends in 2022—as well as what to expect in 2023—in this free report
Sources of our research
- 21 industries
where applicants were verified worldwide
- Millions
user verifications used to gather anonymous data
- 500,000+
confirmed fraud cases analyzed by Sumsub experts
Topics
covered
Identity theft crime statistics in 2021 vs 2022 (by region and industry)
Most commonly forged documents
Behavioral trends surrounding fraud
Top fraud trends of 2022
Fraud forecast for 2023
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Key findings
fraud cases:
of fraud attempts are made with male IDs
for fraud in 2022*
*% of total applications using this document type
*per total applicant volume
Deepfakes are a rapidly
growing threat
Recent breakthroughs in image generation allow fraudsters to produce deepfakes of extreme quality at low cost.
Basic fraud attack vectors are not used anymore. The anti-fraud industry must unite in order to have an advantage over fraudsters.
Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning laboratory at Sumsub
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