Apparently not enough of you are getting the message about phishing and how NOT to respond. Consumer Reports just came out with a study that suggests around 8% of the population, or about 1 in every 12 consumers, actually fell for phishing scams and handed over personal information.
The study found that in the last two years the nearly one million consumers who fell for these scams ended up losing billions of dollars in the process.
And the fight against spyware and viruses is not making much headway either. The study suggested that one every four consumers has fallen victim to some kind of cybercrime in the last 24 months, losing a staggering $7 billion between them.
And even more shocking, over the same period 1.8 million households had to replace a personal computer because of virus infections too . Hardly a surprise when a large part of the population still doesn't believe in the importance of anti-virus, anti-spyware, or even firewalls. Let alone identity theft protection !!!
Someimes it's hard to feel sorry for victims who refuse to think that the smoke they smell might be worth investigating.
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