Phishing scams are becoming a big problem in the UK
Phishing scams are on the rise in the UK, with almost 97,000 people having contacted the police last year reporting that they had been phished in one form or another (and remember – that’s just reported incidents).
That figure is from a new report just published by the Action Fraud and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, which also broke down the form in which these phishing scams were carried out.
The majority of phishing, unsurprisingly, happened by email, with 68% of those who reported an attack being hit by this method of delivery. The next highest was 12.5% who were contacted by phone, and 9% who were phished via a text message.
Most of the phishing emails used similar headings designed to grab attention, quite literally as often ‘Attention’ heads up the subject line, with other common phrases phishing peddlers use including ‘Important Notification’ and ‘Your account has been revoked’.