GACS Research
Monthly Scam Index & open fraud data
Every report below is generated from the live GACS scam registry: what was listed, what the public reported, and how that compares with the month before. Free to quote and link with attribution.
United States breakdown
Scam-call complaint volume by state, rolled up from the phone records in our registry.
View the US breakdownScam Index reports
- GACS Scam Index — September 2026282,701 new listings · 5 public reports
- GACS Scam Index — August 202619,182 new listings · 0 public reports
- GACS Scam Index — July 202622,324 new listings · 1 public report
- GACS Scam Index — June 202695,240 new listings · 113 public reports
- GACS Scam Index — May 2026317 new listings · 3 public reports
How to cite this research
All figures are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Quote any number you like — please credit Global Anti-Crime & Safety (GACS) and link to the report page you took it from. Raw exports live on the open data page and the live registry statistics.
Authoritative sources
Independent primary sources used to check and corroborate the guidance on this page.
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
Official US channel for reporting internet-enabled fraud and cybercrime.
- US Federal Trade Commission — ReportFraud
Consumer fraud reporting and published enforcement data.
- UK Action Fraud
UK national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime.
- Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
Canada's central repository for fraud reports and scam alerts.
