Uruguay: 32% Report Digital Fraud Attempts
El Observador, citing INE data, said 32% of internet users faced fraud attempts and 8% lost money.
Thirty-two percent of internet users in Uruguay said they experienced some kind of fraud attempt, deception or information theft over the past year, according to data attributed by El Observador to the victimization module of the National Institute of Statistics' Continuous Household Survey, included in its 2025 annual report. Another 8% said they lost money in an online scam.
Thirty-two percent of internet users in Uruguay said they experienced some kind of fraud attempt, deception or information theft over the past year, according to data attributed by El Observador to the victimization module of the National Institute of Statistics' Continuous Household Survey, included in its 2025 annual report. In the same statistical source, 8% said they lost money to an online scam.
What was the scope of the reported cases?
The reach was broad among people who use the internet in the country. According to the data attributed to the INE and cited by El Observador, nearly one-third of users said they had faced at least one digital fraud attempt over the last year, while a smaller share ended up with financial losses.
How many were reported?
The share of cases that led to a formal response was low. According to the same statistical source cited by El Observador, 21.7% of scam cases were reported to police and 18.6% were formally filed as complaints.
The available data do not identify a specific incident involving a bank or fintech, nor do they confirm a biometrics or 2FA breach. The report limits itself to the overall scale of digital fraud in Uruguay and the level of reporting and complaints recorded in the source attributed to the INE.
Sources
- El 8% de los usuarios de internet en Uruguay perdió dinero por una estafa online en el último año, según un estudio de Dataseccodigopublico.uy· Código Público
- El 32 % de los uruguayos sufrió algún intento de fraude digital y el 8 % perdió dineroabc.com.py· ABC Color / EFE
- Estudio reveló “crecimiento importante del impacto que el fraude digital” en el país; los consejos de expertossubrayado.com.uy· Subrayado
- Uno de cada tres uruguayos sufrió algún intento de fraude digital y el 8% perdió dineroelobservador.com.uy· El Observador
