# Americans reported losing $3\.5 billion to imposter scams last year

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Americans reported losing $3\.5 billion to imposter scams last year\.

Impersonation is an entire industry\. Despite brand protection as a growing software category, the scams are still winning\. Per Doppel's data:

\- Brands catch less than 10% of the fakes targeting them
\- 94% catch

- Kind: post
- Media: image
- Posting account: a16z · @a16z
- Account: [a16z](https://x.com/a16z)
- Represented brand: a16z
- Categories: Content, Charts
- Subjects: Security
- Source published: 2026\-08\-26T14:22:06\.000Z
- Captured: 2026\-09\-29
- Added to posts.design: 2026\-09\-29T23:13:44\.940Z
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