Cyber-criminals steal identity of one of the world's top security chiefs using Facebook
The head of Interpol has warned that cyber-crime is the 'most dangerous criminal threat we will ever face' after fraudsters stole his identity on Facebook.
A recent study found that almost two thirds of all adult web users globally have fallen victim to some sort of cyber-crime from spam email scams to having their credit card details stolen.
China had the most cyber-crime victims, at 83 percent of web users, followed by India and Brazil, at 76 percent each, and then the US, at 73 percent, according to the 2011Norton Cyber-crime Report: The Human Impact.
The study of more 7,000 Internet users, also found that 80 percent of people believed the perpetrators would never be brought to justice. Fewer than half ever bother to report the crime to police.
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