A report released by the U.K. government and GetSafeOnline lately has revealed the fact that our of every 10 internet users, more than one fell prey to online fraud last year. Startlingly, the total number of the victims was 3.5 million with each suffering a loss of £875.
The reasons for such huge fraud were as simple as that. Some users didn’t install up-to-the-minute security software. Some used the same password for different sites. Such downsides easily catch the eyes of the internet baddies. Many users accepted that they replied to the spam mails in order to get off the mailing lists.
Well, 46 percent of the users surveyed exposed they used no anti-spyware software, while 7 percent said they didn’t even use any anti-virus software. Half of the polled users said that they were themselves responsible for the scene while some blamed the banks or internet firms for the increasing online fraud.
The report dubbed ‘Internet Safety: The State of the Nation’ revealed that 12 per cent of internet users fell as quarry to fraud last year. Six per cent of internet users suffered fraud shopping online while four per cent fell victims to bank card fraud.
Tony Neate, the managing director of Get Safe Online said:
If we all take greater care to protect our personal information online, we can reduce the majority of these criminal activities. Our message is that each one of us has to take greater personal responsibility for our own online security.
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