A survey from December 2023 showed that almost 48 percent of smartphone owners in Japan had received an SMS that could be interpreted as a phishing scam within the past year. Phishing scams via SMS are also known as smishing scams. More than half of the respondents stated that they had received such an SMS more than a year ago.
Share of smartphone owners who received a phishing scam SMS in Japan as of December 2023
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Within the past year (December 2022 to November 2023)
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Council of Anti-Phishing Japan. (June 4, 2024). Share of smartphone owners who received a phishing scam SMS in Japan as of December 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475421/japan-share-of-smartphone-owners-who-received-a-phishing-scam-sms/
Council of Anti-Phishing Japan. "Share of smartphone owners who received a phishing scam SMS in Japan as of December 2023 (in 1,000s)." Chart. June 4, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475421/japan-share-of-smartphone-owners-who-received-a-phishing-scam-sms/
Council of Anti-Phishing Japan. (2024). Share of smartphone owners who received a phishing scam SMS in Japan as of December 2023 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475421/japan-share-of-smartphone-owners-who-received-a-phishing-scam-sms/
Council of Anti-Phishing Japan. "Share of Smartphone Owners Who Received a Phishing Scam Sms in Japan as of December 2023 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475421/japan-share-of-smartphone-owners-who-received-a-phishing-scam-sms/
Council of Anti-Phishing Japan, Share of smartphone owners who received a phishing scam SMS in Japan as of December 2023 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475421/japan-share-of-smartphone-owners-who-received-a-phishing-scam-sms/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Share of smartphone owners who received a phishing scam SMS in Japan as of December 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Council of Anti-Phishing Japan, June 4, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475421/japan-share-of-smartphone-owners-who-received-a-phishing-scam-sms/
