Financial scams are making Americans anxious: Gallup poll

Financial scams are relatively common for Americans: Gallup
21 million US adults reported a financial scam happening personally
Lower-income, less-educated adults impacted most: Gallup

Updated: Nov 22, 2023 / 07:11 PM CST

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(NewsNation) — Financial scams are relatively common and anxiety-inducing for Americans, according to a new Gallup poll.

Fifteen percent of people in the United States say that at least one member of their household has been a victim of a financial scam, and 8% of people say it’s happened to them personally.

The 8% is roughly 21 million U.S. adults, according to Gallup.

Gallup asked respondents if they or another household member were “tricked by a scammer into sending money or providing access to a financial account.”

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They found that “less-educated” and “lower-income” adults were impacted most. Adults without a college education were twice as likely as college graduates to say they had been personally victimized by a scam in the past year.

Similarly, adults earning less than $50,000 per year were about twice as likely as middle-income and upper-income adults to report having been scammed.