Vehicle Fraud Tops $10 Billion
Two new reports speak to the growing scale and complexity of auto finance fraud. Point Predictive’s annual Auto Fraud Lending Trends reports that auto lending fraud exposure reached $10.4 billion in 2025. That is up from $9.2 billion in 2024 and represents a five-fold increase in the last 15 years.
According to Point Predictive, synthetic identity fraud, facilitated by breakthroughs in AI, is driving the increase. So, too, is first party fraud involving income misrepresentation, credit washing and especially bust out rings, for example.
Meanwhile, among the findings in the latest edition of The Sentilink Fraud Report is an increase in the rate of attempted identity theft in the second half of last year. The report details a number of fraud schemes, noting in particular that “an unprecedented bot attack spiked identify theft rates in auto lending…”.
What we’re doing:AFSA is actively engaged in efforts to reduce the spread of vehicle finance fraud through industry-wide collaboration, as well as regulatory and legislative action. Limiting the ability of fraudsters to abuse the system via social media misinformation and government-sponsored channels like the CFPB’s complaint portal and the FTC’s identity theft reporting tool are critical activities.
At the same time, AFSA’s support of S.4144/H.R.306, the bipartisan Ending Credit Repair Scams Act (ESCRA) is a path to restricting another vector of fraud that harms consumers.
April 9th, 2026
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