"1 in 10 British Internet users victim of fraud"

www.chinaview.cn

By Gareth Dodd
March 26, 2007

According to the article, one in ten British Internet users have been victims of fraud online in 2006. In addition, they have lost an average of $1,716. These people have been victims because they do not protect themselves online by not keeping their protection software up to date. The article says, "Six percent of internet users, or 1.7 million people, suffered fraud shopping online, while 4 percent (or 1.2 million) were victims of bank account or credit card fraud."

In a survey done, half the people believe that they are responsible for protecting themselves online from fraud, however, most believe that the banks or online stores are responsible for this.

I believe most of the responsibility should be on yourself, as an internet user. Although, the online sites should provide a great system of protection from hackers. It is a persons own responsibility to keep their computer protection software up to date and installed on their computer. Also, in terms of online banking, I believe a person should be able to protect themselves by picking a good password that isn't easy to figure out for hackers and the user should change their password often to protect themselves from fraud.