B
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28%
28% -- people targeted by scammers for UK adults aged over 65 (2023-04)
28% of UK adults aged over 65 reported being targeted by scammers/experiencing cybercrime.
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Value
28%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2023-04
Entity
Sample Size
2,151
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
DNS Research Federation
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Tier A
https://dnsrf.org/blog/three-in-ten-families-have-lost-money-to-internet-scams/index.html ↗
Source Article
Three in ten families have lost money to internet scams | DNS Research Federation
Three in ten families have lost money to internet scams
The prevalence of internet scamming has been revealed today with new research by the DNS Research Federation revealing as many as 30% of families in the UK have lost money to internet scams – the equivalent of 5.7 million families across the co…
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DNS Research Federation
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Methodology
Survey by Sago Research Group UK, April 2023
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Industrymarketing
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UK adults aged over 65: 28% people targeted by scammers. Source: DNS Research Federation (2023-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/over65-targeted-cybercrime-2023
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/over65-targeted-cybercrime-2023" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>28%</strong> -- people targeted by scammers for UK adults aged over 65<br><small>Source: DNS Research Federation (2023-04) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/over65-targeted-cybercrime-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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