Breaking One in five people in the UK and 14 other countries have been conned by fraudsters, survey finds EnglishHeadline

One in 5 folks throughout the UK and 14 different nations had been victims of fraud in a two-year interval – and lots of had been focused greater than as soon as, a significant survey has discovered.

The most typical kind of rip-off was a ‘push cost’, through which the felony methods the person into transferring cash over willingly.

But over half of the respondents stated they did not consider the difficulty was a authorities precedence. The analysis by the general public coverage assume tank Social Market Basis was offered on the International Fraud Summit 2024 yesterday.

Hosted by the UK authorities, it introduced collectively policymakers and officers from all over the world to debate the rising downside.

The ballot of 29,000 folks discovered 21 per cent had been victims of fraud between 2021 and 2023 – equating to 228million folks.

Analysis exhibiting that one in 5 folks within the UK and 14 different nations have been conned by fraudsters was offered on the International Fraud Summit in London yesterday

House Secretary James Cleverly on the International Fraud Summit 2024, which introduced collectively policymakers and officers from all over the world to debate the difficulty

Practically 40 per cent of victims had suffered from fraud greater than as soon as. But 52 per cent of individuals stated their authorities gave ‘no’ or solely ‘a low’ precedence to fraud.

Richard Hyde, senior researcher at Social Market Basis, stated: ‘Fraud is undoubtedly plaguing the UK, however it isn’t a uniquely British downside. People in main economies the world over are additionally struggling.

‘Strikingly, over half the folks we surveyed consider that their authorities didn’t prioritise fraud very extremely.

‘With out sturdy worldwide comparisons, we can’t maintain our flesh pressers and policymakers to account for what they’re or usually are not doing to deal with fraud.’