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Cyber-crooks hit one in five Europeans

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 10 June 2008 - 09:00 · 6 comments & 3743 views

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Over one in five European computer users have fallen victim to cyber-crime, according to new research. Some 22 per cent of 7,000 PC users surveyed by Ipsos for AVG Technologies had experienced some form of cyber-crime.

Italians fared worst with 32 per cent of users affected, closely followed by the UK with 31 per cent. The study noted that more Europeans believe that they are likely to experience cyber-crime (34 per cent) than burglary (22 per cent), assault (19 per cent) or robbery (25 per cent).

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#1 jwjw1 on 10 Jun 2008 - 09:23
ok...neowin european members.....'fess up'.....LOL
#2 mocax on 10 Jun 2008 - 10:15
I guess they're more compassionate to a stranger from Zimbabwe who needs $20000 to retrieve his family heirloom from Switzerland.

No... I've never wired $20000 to a Zimbabwean.
#3 +Sam Symons Live on 10 Jun 2008 - 10:23
It's not my fault that I actually DIDN'T inherit $100,000 from a Somalian ancestor *shrug*
(1 reply) #4 ahhell on 10 Jun 2008 - 11:02
Wow. I didn't know that there were only 7000 people in Europe.
#4.1 jwjw1 on 10 Jun 2008 - 13:03
yeah, I know...the rest are from the middle east....LOL
#5 plastikaa on 10 Jun 2008 - 12:30
Do they class "fallen victim" the same as "downloading torrents" lol ... as thats the only was I think they could get anywhere close to those figures.

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