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<p>I would refer the noble Baroness to the reply I gave to the noble Lord, Lord Stone
of Blackheath on 14 October 2014, Official Report, column 30W.</p><p>It is not possible
to give an exact figure for the number of individuals falling victim to email and
internet phishing attacks each year as data held centrally cannot separately identify
phishing scams. Phishing is an enabler to commit fraud or computer misuse offences,
it is not in itself a crime, and the methods by which offences are committed are not
collated centrally. Action Fraud will record the relevant fraud, or computer misuse
offence, in instances where a phishing email has been used. It is therefore also not
possible to estimate the total amount of money this would involve. However, a survey
by the Oxford Internet Institute shows that 19 per cent of internet users experienced
phishing attempts in 2013, down from 22 per cent in 2011.</p><p> </p>
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