Fact-check: “73% of US adults have been impacted by an online scam”
Verdict: Mostly True (78% confidence)
A Pew Research Center survey of 9,397 U.S. adults published July 31, 2025 reported that 73% of U.S. adults have experienced some kind of online scam or attack, directly supporting the core claim. The claim is substantively accurate but requires a minor qualification: the Pew survey uses the term 'experienced' (which includes attempted scams, not just successful ones), while the claim uses the word 'impacted,' which may imply a narrower reading of successful victimization. No primary sources con…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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