1,802 cybercrimes in Japan in January-June 2006
Japan reported 1,802 cyber crime cases in the first half of 2006, an 11.8% jump compared to the first half of 2005, the National Police Agency said.
Published on: August 17, 2006 Department: Fraud
Published on: August 17, 2006 Department: Fraud
All Fraud stats
- 29% of Internet users buy from spam emails
- 74% of all e-mail in Q2 2008 was spam
- $8.5 bln lost to viruses and spyware in 2006-2007
- 32% of North American SMBs have been hit by cybercrime numerous times
- 51% of Americans write down their online passwords
- 66% of cellphone users worry about sharing personal data
- 800k identity theft cases in 2007, 23% of them involve credit cards
- 1.4% of online revenues lost to fraud in 2007
- Top malware countries: Russia, China, US, Brazil, UK
- Identity theft down 12% in 2007
- 5.49 mln unique samples of malicious software in 2007
- 57% of Americans still very concerned with credit card safety online
- 66% of Americans believe their identity can be stolen while shopping online
- $3.2 bln lost to phishing in 2007
- $3 bln lost to phishing in 2007
- 8.3 mln Americans had their identities stolen
- 63% of malware is distributed through US sites
- 77% of consumers will not shop at stores with data breaches
- 3.7% of Americans were victims of identity fraud in 2006
- Top consumer complaints to FTC in 2006: identity theft, shop-at-home catalogues, lottery winnings
- $49.3 bln lost to identity fraud in 2006, 11.5% decline
- 3.5 mln Americans to disclose information to phishers in 2006
- 157k phishing messages sent out in the first half of 2006
- 30% of US consumers were victims of data breach
- 154 brands hijacked by phishers in July 2006
- 1,802 cybercrimes in Japan in January-June 2006
- 40% Americans think that identity theft is most likely to happen to Internet users
- 9% of students respond to e-mails asking for information
- 4% of US college graduates click on suspicious links within emails
- Amount lost to identity theft is usually $1,089
- 16% of Americans have seen their credit card used without their permission
- 72% of Americans shred any mail that has account numbers
- Top credit card issuers by fraud prevention capabilities: Citibank, Amex, BofA
- Identity theft is a $6.4 bln problem
- 46.5% of Americans suffered from white collar crime in 2005
- 57% of US businesses are losing money to cybercrime
- 7.92 mln phishing e-mails sent daily
- Cybercrime up 52% in Japan in 2005
- Number of phishing Web sites up 65% in December 2005
- 41% of consumers are purchasing less online due to identity theft issues
- Data on roughly 53 mln Americans was compromised in 2005
- 30% of US identity fraud is new account fraud
- Average identity fraud cost $6,383 in 2005
- 43% of Internet users change their online behavior due to identity theft fears
- 685K identity theft complaints filed in 2005
- 26.7% of college grads in metropolitan areas make $100K or more
- 70% of phishing e-mail recipients are fooled by it
- 3.9% of all e-commerce orders declined on the suspicion of fraud, 12.4% for those selling internationally
- $2.8 bln in e-commerce revenues lost to fraud in 2005
- 45% of consumers would switch banks for better identity theft protection
- 207K complaints on cyberfraud logged in 2004
- 2.4 mln phishing attacks between May 2004 and May 2005
- 5,259 phishing sites in August 2005
- Top phishing site hosters: USA - 32%, China - 12%, Korea - 11%
- 642 mortgage fraud cases reported to FBI in the first half of 2005
- New account fraud on average takes 59 hours to rectify
- 45% of banking customers would like complete guarantee against identity theft
- 32% of corporate users in India have fallen for a phishing scam
- Identity theft costs UK businesses $2.3 bln a year
- 80% of phishing is targeted at financial institutions
- Older Americans lost $152 mln to Internet fraud in 2004
- 53% of all consumer fraud complaints to FTC were Internet-related in 2004
- 10% of consumers still click on suspicious links in e-mails
- 2 mln people lost $929 mln to fraud between May 2004 and May 2005
- Each spyware-infected corporate client costs $265
- 57 mln Americans received a phishing e-mail
- How credit cards are stolen: 28.0% - stolen wallet, 11.9% - after the transaction, 10.6% - corrupt employees
- 64% of credit card companies still require SSN for online statements
- 9.3 mln victims of identity theft
- 67% of Web users did not register at Web sites when privacy policies were unclear
- 2.4 mln Americans lost money to phishing, 33% are buying less online
- 1.2 mln online Americans divulged their personal information to criminals
- Identity theft costs businesses $48 bln annually
- 84.9% of online transaction fraud originates in the United States
- 14,411 phishing attempts in April 2005
- 9.9 mln Americans victims of identity theft in 2004
- 75% of Americans don’t feel their identity is more secure today
- Virus-infected e-mail down 30%, phishing down 45% in April 2005
- Cybercrime costs UK $4.7 bln a year
- 80% of spam tries to mask words to trick spam filters, Cialis, orgasms and Viagra lead the list
- Phishing attacks up 2% in February 2005
- FTC received 247,000 complaints of identity theft in 2004
- 72% of identity theft in 2004 happened offline
- At any day roughly 1000 sites are phishing Web sites
- 4.5 mln Americans annually become victims of advance fee scam
- Medium-size online stores lose 2.5% of revenues to online fraud
- Online merchants reject 6% of all orders, still lose $2.6 bln to online fraud
- UK card fraud reaches 478.8 mln pounds a year
- Brits lose 14 bln pounds to fraud annually
- Phone fraud is a billion dollar industry
- 4.55 mln Americans are victims to advance fee scam
- Financial firms will lose $400 mln to phishing in 2004
- Checking account frauds average $1200 per victim
- Spam-commerce generated $11.7 bln
- Phishing attacks up 50% in January
- Merchants more concerned with online fraud
- Consumers realize credit card fraud generally happens offline
- $437 mln lost to online scams
- Internet Fraud Complaint Center received 60% more complaints in 2003
- Gartner on online fraud statistics
- Losses from online fraud decline
- UK bank fraud up
- Verisign’s study: security incidents almost doubled between May 2003 and August 2003
- Visa: credit card fraud numbers