October 01, 2004 — CSO — Unique phishing," attacks reported in June: 1,422
Increase in phishing attacks from December to June: 1,126%
Estimated number of people who think they got phishing e-mails in the past year: 57 million
Recipients who opened a phishing e-mail: 19%
Recipients who divulge personal or financial information to phishers: 3% to 5%
People who are duped into acting on a phishing e-mail that was identified as probably fraudulent: 1 in 10
Sources: Anti-Phishing Working Group, Gartner, MailFrontier
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