show reports

Barclays research finds online criminals target children as young as 11

Reading now: 334
dailyrecord.co.uk

Barclays bank has discovered that people aged between 21 and 30 are the most likely to have reported being scammed in recent months.

And even more worryingly, in some cases, those aged between just 11 and 20-years-old are being targeted by criminals. However, the new research found that most people tend to perceive older people aged 71-plus as being most at risk of fraud.

Barclays’ survey of 2,000 people in July compared people's perceptions about who is most likely to fall for a scam with its own data on reported cases between April and June.

Its reported scams data found that over-70s were the victim in less than one in 20 (4.1%) cases. Despite 21 to 30-year-olds being the most likely victims in Barclays' scam reports, accounting for 29.

Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA