16:16 28 October 2025
Report: 3,629 loan extortion attempts recorded for PLN 78.3 mln in Q3 ‘25
In the third quarter of 2025, 3,629 attempts to fraudulently obtain loans were recorded in Poland, totaling PLN 78.3 million, according to the infoDOK report by the Polish Bank Association. On average, a fraud attempt occurred every 36 minutes, or more than 39 cases per day. The average attempt was worth PLN 16,600, though the largest reached PLN 1.5 million. The 10 biggest attempts accounted for 14% of the total value, showing that criminals increasingly target high-value loans. The report also highlights risks tied to identity documents: 2,712,337 documents were registered as blocked, alongside 2,835 cases of using someone else’s ID and 7,705 cases of document forgery.
The national “Dokumenty Zastrzeżone” system helps prevent such fraud.
