Cifas online fraud survey

A survey of 2,039 British Adults on behalf of Cifas on their attitudes towards the prevention of online fraud in the UK

British adults consider banks and credit card companies to be better at tackling online fraud and financial crime than any other type of organisation tested, with seven in ten (70%) saying that they are effective at combating this issue
Britons are also most likely to say that banks and credit card companies should take the most responsibility for supporting small businesses to prevent this crime from happening (38%), while eight in ten (79%) rank these in the top three most responsible types of organisation
Most Britons (57%) disagree that the national Government is winning the battle against online fraud, while a further quarter don’t know (24%) how it is performing on this issue; just 18% agree
Four in five British adults say that policies focusing on educating children in schools about the dangers of online fraud (80%), awareness campaigns to educate consumers and businesses about online fraud (79%), and stronger sentencing for online fraud offences (79%) would be effective in helping to tackle online fraud in the UK

Date Published: 31/10/2017

Categories: Audience | Finance | Issues | Public and communities | Technology & Telecoms

Client: Cifas

Methodology

ComRes interviewed 2,039 GB adults online between 18th and 19th September 2017. Data were weighted to be representative of all British adults aged 18+ by age, gender, region and socio-economic grade.