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Microsoft’s Digital Civility Index, which looks at negative behaviour on the internet and its consequences, revealed that 22% of people who responded to the survey had been the target of such illegal activity online.
https://news.microsoft.com/en-gb/2018/02/06/hoaxes-scams-and-frauds-among-biggest-complaints-from-uk-internet-users-microsoft-research-reveals/
The incidence of Fraud continued to climb this year. Overall, 84% of surveyed execs report their company fell victim to at least one instance of fraud in 2017, up from 82% in 2016 representing a continuous, year-in-year rise since 2012, when the reported incidence was 61%.
https://www.kroll.com/en-us/global-fraud-and-risk-report-2018
New hot spots of fraud are seen in the data with the East Midlands showing significant signs of growth. Younger generations are more than twice as likely to be a victim of fraud than older generations.
https://engage.experian.co.uk/uki-fraud-report-2017/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialorganic&utm_campaign=fraud
Estimates from the Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW) indicate 4.7m incidents of fraud and computer misuse were experienced by adults in the year ending September 2017, marking a 15 per cent decrease from the previous survey year.
http://www.cityam.com/279460/fraud-incidents-uk-decline-computer-viruses-become-rarer
Key survey findings show all-time high incidence levels. Businesses reported all-time high levels of fraud (84%), cyber (86%), and security (70%) incidents.
Focusing on the number of fraud offences which were referred to the NFIB, it has been revealed that Essex had the highest rate of the crime per 1,000 population, with 9,987 offences reported from June 2016 to July 2017- up from 8,172 the previous year.
http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/business-news/business/essex-revealed-to-be-the-uks-cyber-fraud-hotspot/19496.article
Fraud in the UK hit its highest level in 15 years in 2017, according to a new analysis, with financial services frauds quadrupling year-on-year.
http://www.cityam.com/278761/business-fraud-uk-hits-15-year-high
The percentage of respondents reporting a general increase in ATM crime increased from 42% in 2016 to 54% in the 2017 annual global fraud and security survey.
http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2018/Jan/12/atmia-publishes-results-of-the-2017-global-fraud-security-survey/
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