Nearly a third of users receive fake bank emails every day

According to a joint survey by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International entitled "Consumer Security Risks", in the summer of 2013, about 30 percent of users received fake e-mails disguised as fraudulent e-mails by victims to contact and release data. .

A survey by B2B International found that 95 per cent of respondents had already bought online, 91 per cent had already used their bank’s online interface and a further 74 per cent had already paid online. So it is perhaps not surprising that this data does not escape the attention of any criminals either. The survey also points out that 30 percent of users said they had already received a fake letter disguised as an official bank email, and 22 percent indicated that they had already received a suspicious message from online web stores. In addition, every tenth user has already been automatically redirected at least once to another website where they have been asked to provide their credit card information. These examples all show well that these attempts are all due in part to cybercriminals and fraudsters.

Although users are becoming more cautious and experienced who are familiar with the types of phishing attempts, these attacks often still end in success.