Survey conducted in Britain
has indicated that about 51% of Britons are victims of identity theft, hacking
or abuse on social media as losses from online fraud hit 670 Million for a
year.
According to the respondents surveyed,
51% of them said they had been a victim of this fast growing crime (online
crime), a category which includes Internet-Based Fraud, ID theft, Hacking and
Online abuse.
The survey further discovered
that 32% of the cyber victims reported the incident to the appropriate
authority while 47% of the victims did not know who to report the online crime
to.
Based on the organized Action
fraud by UK National fraud reporting centre and considerable government resources
dedicated to combating this cybercrime, the crime is expected to reduce.
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