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AI and Deepfakes Drive Surge in Sophisticated Identity Fraud

🔍 Sumsub’s 2025 Identity Fraud Report finds that global identity fraud attempts fell slightly to 2.2%, but highly sophisticated attacks rose 180%. These multi-vector schemes combine synthetic identities, AI-driven deepfakes, layered social engineering, device tampering and cross-channel manipulation, making them far harder to detect. The report warns organisations to replace manual controls with real-time behavioural and telemetry analysis to counter this shift from quantity to quality in fraud.