Interested in cyber-security, Prolifics Testing analysed the latest data from the European Commission, who surveyed 27,607 Europeans to find out which European country is most likely to contact the police if they fall victim to online identify theft and online banking fraud.
Prolifics Testing found that Swedes (92%) are most likely to contact the police if they fall victim to online identify theft.
In second position, 86% of Dutch citizens would notify the police if they were a target of online identity theft.
Among the other European countries where 80% or more citizens would alert the police if a victim of online identity theft includes Finland (83%), Denmark (81%) and Spain (80%), respectively ranking third, fourth and fifth.
Romania is in joint 20th place, as 55% of Romanians would get in touch with the police if they fall prey to online identity theft.
On the other end, citizens of Malta and Slovakia are the least likely to contact the police if they fall victim to online identity theft, with only 54% of citizens in each country willing to do so in the scenario they do experience online identity theft.
On average, from all the countries considered, 70% of Europeans would contact the police if victim to online identity theft.
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