UK TELECOMS REGULATOR STUDY SHOWS 43 MILLION ONLINE USERS HAVE SPOTTED FRAUD
March 23rd, 2023
Research commissioned by British telecoms regulator Ofcom has concluded that 87% of adults accessing the Internet - or 43 million people - have seen content they suspected to be a scam or fraud (1). After surveying some 150,000 panellists for an ‘Online Scams & Fraud Research’ study, UK-based Yonder Consulting found 46% of UK adult internet users had been personally drawn in by an online scam, while 39% knew someone else who had. Of those scammed, 25% lost money - in a fifth of cases, GBP1,000 (USD1,232) or more. Impersonation fraud (51%) was the most ...
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