Georgians lost a sizable chunk of money in scams and fraud last year, according to a new study.

LendingTree reported that Georgians $156.5 million in scams in 2023, including $125.7 million in the first nine months of the year.. U.S. consumers in total lost $7 billion because of scams just in the first nine months of 2023. This was the biggest loss since 2019, but the numbers could surpass 2019’s year-end losses of $9 billion.

That’s an increase of 25.4% since 2022 for Georgia, LendingTree reported.

“For fraudsters, it’s a golden age,” said Matt Schulz, LendingTree chief credit analyst. “Very little about our lives isn’t digitized and accessible online. That means most of our important private data, including bank information, is more vulnerable than ever in a lot of ways.”

In all, Georgia residents filed 152,956 fraud reports in 2023. That’s 1,427 fraud reports per 100,000 residents.