Source: UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) published on this website Wednesday 5 March 2025 by Jill Powell
For Safer Internet Day 2025 we conducted some brand new research into young people's experiences of scams online. This research found that:
- 79% of young people come across online scams at least monthly, with 20%, including children as young as 8, seeing scams online every day.
- Almost a fifth of 8 to 17-year-olds (18%) know someone their age who has lost money to an online scam.
- Over a quarter (26%) of young people who've been scammed online blame themselves.
- 74% of 8 to 17-year-olds want to learn more about how to spot scams online.
Almost half of 8 to 17-year-olds have been scammed online - UK Safer Internet Centre
