SURVEY FINDS FRAUD NUMBER ONE CRIME IN ENGLAND AND WALES
July 1st, 2016
A report on crime figures from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown that people are now more likely to be a victim of fraud than any other crime, with one-in-10 adults defrauded in the past 12 months. There were almost six million fraud and cybercrimes committed in 2015, with most cases - 2.5 million - related to bank account and credit card fraud, followed by non-investment fraud, such as online shopping scams. Of the 2 million computer misuse incidents, 1.4 million involved a virus and 0.6 million “unauthorised access to personal ...
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